The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress(NDC) has stated it has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission over the exclusion of its governorship candidate, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, from the checklist of gubernatorial candidates for the 2027 election within the state.
The state chairman of the celebration, Husseini Mairiga, disclosed this in an interview with our reporter on Wednesday, following INEC’s directive giving affected political events 14 days, ending October 24, to report complaints over the exclusion of their candidates.
Mairiga stated the celebration had submitted its grievance by way of the nationwide management and was awaiting the fee’s response.
He defined that the nationwide chairman had directed affected state chairmen to submit complaints by way of the National Organising Secretary for onward transmission to INEC.
“We have already done this. We are just waiting for INEC to respond,” he stated.
The NDC chairman stated the fee had attributed the exclusion of its candidate to considerations over his celebration membership registration, insisting that Gwarzo was a duly registered member of the celebration.
According to him, the candidate registered with the celebration on May 5, 2026, at Gwarzo Ward, Kofar Fada polling unit, Gwarzo II, with membership quantity NDC 2026-KAN-457597.
Mairiga expressed confidence {that a} assessment of the celebration’s membership register would set up the candidate’s eligibility to contest the election.
He stated the celebration anticipated INEC to confirm the membership data earlier than making a closing resolution on the candidate’s standing.
The chairman urged celebration members in Kano State to stay calm whereas awaiting the result of the enchantment, including that the celebration would search authorized redress if the fee failed to incorporate its candidate on the ultimate checklist.
“We know that we did everything in order. If anything happens and they deny our candidate, we are going to court,” he stated.
INEC had stated its resolution to exclude some governorship candidates adopted a Supreme Court judgment delivered on September 24, 2026, which upheld the necessary submission of political events’ membership registers as a requirement for legitimate celebration primaries.
The fee stated events that did not adjust to the requirement have been ineligible to sponsor candidates within the 2027 elections.
INEC subsequently gave affected political events till October 24 to inform it of any complaints over the exclusions.
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