The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “immediately” cancel the Shanono/Bagwai Kano State Constituency bye-elections and Ghari rerun election after reports reveal deployed security personnel have been “overwhelmed” by violence.
The ‘Broom’ Party said, with the violence, it will be “impossible” to have “credible” election in the affected areas.
Via a statement titled ‘APC to INEC: Cancel Shanono/Bagwai Kano State Constituency bye-elections and Ghari rerun election’, signed by Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary, APC, on Saturday 16 August, 2025, the APC said: “The All Progressives Congress (APC) calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately cancel the bye-elections for Shanono/Bagwai Constituency and the Ghari Constituency rerun election in Kano State due to widespread extreme violence and election disruption by armed thugs across several polling units in Shanono and Bagwai and Ghari Constituencies.
“Verifiable reports from Shanono and Bagwai Local Government Areas and Ghari Constituency have voters fleeing polling areas, with deployed security personnel overwhelmed by the violence, making the prospects of a credible election impossible.
“Proceeding with the Shanono/Bagwai Kano State Constituency bye-elections and Ghari rerun election in the atmosphere of utter brigandage and outright violent voter intimidation will be against democratic dictates of free, fair and peaceful election, and set a dangerous precedent for undesirable and unacceptable election heist.”
Photo: A poll official uses the BVAS, facial recognition option, to accredit a female voter at polling unit 19, Registration Area 01, under the Bagwai State Constituency in Kano | X/INEC Nigeria
