INEC fixes June 20; for Kano federal constituency bye-election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced June 20, 2026, arsenic the day for the behaviour of the bye-election for the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency spot successful Kano State, pursuing the decease of the lawmaker, Muhammad Danjuma, who represented the constituency successful April 2026.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner successful the state, Abdu Zango, disclosed this portion briefing journalists successful Kano on Wednesday.

According to him, a full of 143,675 registered voters person collected their Permanent Voter Cards successful Warawa Local Government Area, portion 162,445 voters person registered and collected their elector cards crossed 15 wards successful Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area.

Zango said the committee would enactment intimately with information agencies, peculiarly the police, to guarantee capable information during the election, owed to emerging information concerns successful parts of the constituency.

“We are engaging information agencies to warrant peaceful and credible behaviour of the predetermination crossed the affected areas,” helium said.

The INEC authoritative besides stated that Kano remains the authorities with the highest fig of completed elector registrations successful the country.