Kano by-election: We withdrew nomination but backed ‘coerced’ APC candidates — NNPP’s Karaye

The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has explained wherefore it did not look connected the ballot successful Saturday’s Kano State House of Assembly by-elections, saying it withdrew its information to forestall its candidates from being disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The by-elections were held crossed 1,014 polling units successful 24 registration areas of Ungogo and Kano Municipal constituencies, pursuing the deaths of erstwhile lawmakers, Aminu Sa’ad Ungogo and Sarki Aliyu.

Recall that the 2 politicians died connected the aforesaid day.

Speaking connected the improvement connected Sunday, the NNPP Publicity Secretary successful Kano State, Engr. Ibrahim Karaye successful an exclusive interrogation with DAILY POST said the enactment was really the archetypal to denote the eventual APC candidates.

“NNPP is the archetypal enactment that announced the existent APC candidates arsenic its candidates,” Karaye said.

He explained that the enactment decided to enactment the children and families of the deceased lawmakers arsenic a mode of showing solidarity and reducing the symptom caused by their deaths.

“The crushed for doing that is to enactment their respective ...