There is tension in Kano as supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano State have asked their supporters to march to collation centres.
Both the NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and the spokesperson for the Gawuna/Garo Campaign Council, Malam Muhammad Garba, had all directed their supporters to move to the collation centers
In a statement issued in Kano on Saturday, Garba who is also the state’s Commissioner for Information in a statement, said the call become necessary to enable party stakeholders guard against possible falsification or altering of results.
Mr Kwankwaso told his supporters to ensure that their votes count.
In a short video message, Kwankwaso said from the results collated so far, he is confident his party would win the Saturday governorship election.
He emphasised that the votes must be accompanied from their respective polling units to Registration Area Collation Centres.
“I thank all Kwankwasiyya and NNPP supporters for their solidarity. But I also call on patriots to make sure that they follow the collation process to their RAC centres, Local Government and even state level.
“We have intelligence reports that some enemies of this state are trying to take advantage of this to disrupt the process,” Kwankwaso said.
Voting has ended in most polling units across the state, while counting and sorting has already commenced.
Although there are many parties contesting, the Kano election is mostly seen as a two-horse race between APC’s Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna and NNPP’s Abba Kabir Yusuf.
