Voters turned out of their numbers on Saturday, August 16, 2025, to take part within the ongoing rerun election for the Ghari/Tsanyawa Federal Constituency of Kano State.
LEADERSHIP had reported that voting was disrupted throughout the 2023 normal in addition to supplementary elections on this space, leading to a courtroom order for rerun within the 10 affected polling items.
The items consist about 5,200 voters which was being contested between the All Progress Party (APC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
As at 8a.m when journalists visited polling items inside Ghari native authorities areas, residents had been seen on the queue ready to train their civi rights.
Safety personnel comprising of the Nigerian Police and Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had been stationed on the varied polling items.
A voter recognized as Abubakar Aliyu who spoke to journalists, recommended the election course of, confirming that voting commenced between 8 and 9 a.m.
One other voter, Mairo Magaji from Yankefi ward stated the election was carried out peacefully, with a excessive turnout of girls, noting that she spent about 20 minutes on the queue.
For his half, Nasiru Sale who voted on the Mata Fada ward additionally recommended the peaceable conduct of the election.
Nonetheless, for the Shanono/Bagwai constituency by-elections, voting has ended with counting ongoing in some polling items, whereas the method was disrupted in some areas by political thugs.
The rerun election was to fill the vacant place within the Kano State Home of Meeting following the demise of Halilu Kundila on April, 2024.
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