The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the cancellation of the Shanono/Bagwai State Constituency by-election and the Ghari Constituency, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a rerun election in Kano State.

Naijaonpoint reports that a statement signed by APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, cited widespread violence and disruption by armed thugs.

Morka stated that over 200 thugs were arrested by the police across the state during the exercise.

The ruling party also alleged that verifiable reports from Shanono, Bagwai and Ghari showed that voters fled polling units as security personnel were overwhelmed by violence.

The party maintained that proceeding with the elections under what it described as “utter brigandage and outright violent voter intimidation” would contravene the principles of free, fair, and peaceful polls and set what it called a dangerous precedent.

The statement added, “The APC calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately cancel the by-elections for Shanono/Bagwai constituency and the Ghari constituency rerun election in Kano State due to widespread extreme violence and election disruption by armed thugs across several polling units.”

Meanwhile, former governorship candidate of Zamfara State and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, escaped an assassination attempt on Friday in Abuja.

He disclosed that the incident occurred shortly after Juma’at prayers on August 15.

According to the APC stalwart, masked, heavily armed gunmen dressed in black blocked his vehicle and attacked him before they fled the scene in a black, unmarked Prado Jeep.

Speaking via a statement, Shinkafi called the attack an “unprovoked attempt” on his life. He further alludes it’s related to his vocal critique of the insecurity in Zamfara State and other national issues.