The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, KANSIEC, has on Friday, insisted on going ahead with the conduct of the local government election as scheduled for Saturday.
The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Sani Lawal who made this known while addressing newsmen, said the election will hold as scheduled.
Prof. Lawal said the party, All Progressives Congress, which dragged the commission to court have opted out of the election and is hell-bent on truncating the election and by so doing they have no grounds to take the commission to court.
According to him, only six political parties are participating in the election including NNPP, ZLP, Accord Party, NRM, AAC and AA.
The KANSIEC chairman insisted that the Commission is carrying out its activities under the ambits of the law, “every activity of the Commission is procedural. We are not partisan.”
He further urged KANSIEC staff and ad-hoc staff to resist any temptation of bribery and ensure that underage children are not allowed to vote.
Prof. Lawal also reminded politicians that vote-buying, thuggery and other forms of violence contravene the state electoral guidelines.
He maintained that all democrats and lovers of democracy expect that Friday’s Kano High Court judgment that gave a nod for the election to hold be respected.
Recall that a state high court had earlier on Friday upheld the powers of the State Independent Electoral Commission to conduct the Local Government elections as scheduled.
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