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Supplementary elections for governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary elections will take place today Saturday 15th April 2023, in 24 states across the country.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), governorship supplementary elections will take place in a total of 69 polling units (PUs) in Adamawa state comprising 37,706 eligible voters and 142 affected PUs in Kebbi state with 94,209 voters.
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, is in a close race with the current governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Fintiri.
While Fintiri scored 421,524 votes in the elections held on 18th March, Binani, a former one-term senator who represented Adamawa central senatorial district, polled an impressive 390,275 votes, with a difference of 31, 249 votes.
This is the closest any female candidate has come to clinching the number one seat in any state of the country and many believe she stands a good chance of becoming the first woman to be elected governor of a state, despite the religious and cultural biases that have long stood against women in contests for power in Nigeria.
In Kebbi state, the APC’s governorship candidate Nasiru Idris, polled 388,258 votes as against the PDP’s Aminu Bande, a retired Major-General who had 342,980 votes.
INEC’s Returning Officer in the governorship election, Professor Yusuf Sa’idu, who declared the election inconclusive said violence, destruction of election materials, disruption of electoral proceedings, and over-voting played a role in the decision.
Additionally, there are supplementary elections for five senatorial seats: Kebbi North, Sokoto East, Sokoto North, Sokoto South, and Zamfara Central.
In Kebbi North, a total of 13,243 voters in 23 PUs are eligible to participate in the exercise, just as in Sokoto East, there are 87,138 eligible voters in 169 PUs. Sokoto North also has 115,266 eligible voters in 185 PUs, while Sokoto South has 85,022 collected PVCs across 156 Pus; Zamfara Central, has 83 PUs affected, comprising eligible 47,227 voters.
Similarly, the House of Representatives polls will be held in a total of 31 constituencies across 15 states, namely Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara.
As for the state House of Assembly elections, a total of 59 constituencies in 17 states will be involved. They are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Ogun, Taraba, and Yobe.
Meanwhile, the Police have warned hoodlums and political thugs to stay off polling units, vowing to deal with anyone who planned to disrupt the electoral process.
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba has deployed personnel to 185 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across the 24 states where supplementary polls will hold, to maintain and ensure peace throughout the election.