Court affirms KANSIEC powers to conduct LG election in Kano

By Muhammad Muhammad

A Kano state high court has ordered the State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) to proceed with the conduct of local government election scheduled for Saturday.

SolaceBase reports that the presiding judge, Justice Sanusi Ma’aji gave the order in a matter filed by the state independent electoral commission against All Progressives Congress (APC) and 13 others on Friday.

According to Justice Ma’aji, KANSIEC is empowered by the provision of the Constitution to conduct, supervise and hold local government elections across the 44 council areas.

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He maintained that any attempt to truncate the process of the conduct of the poll amounts to nullity.

Justice Ma’aji also ordered the security agencies to, as a matter of urgency provides protect of life and property during the conduct of the election slated for tomorrow, Saturday.

It could be recalled that Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal high court in Kano on Tuesday stopped the conduct of the council election noting that the state independent electoral commission was illegally constituted.

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