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Voters Held Security Personnel Hostage Over Plan To Change Election Result In Jigawa

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By Bala Ibrahim.

Voters have kept hostage security personnel and election officials at Kiyako ward in Birnin kudu local Government area of Jigawa State.

Our reporter gathered that about twenty persons including ad-hoc staffs and agents of the parties
were rounded up and locked off in a class room at Junior secondary school Kiyako over alleged plan to change the outcome of the election.

Also five police officers and seven vigilantes members were also kept hostage at the premises of the ward coalition center.

State chairman of the People’s Democratic party PDP Babandi Ibrahim Gumel while addressing members of the press at coalition center, said the election officials were kept hostage after members of the PDP gathered at the Kiyako ward coalition center to witness the announcement of the results and there was no coalition officer to collect and announce the results.

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“As a result, members of the party converge and kept the election officials hostage untill what they have voted for was declared”

“We are now waiting for the SIEC official to come and announce the whole result for the poling units of the ward where PDP won almost all the 19 poling units in Kiyako Ward”.

He said similar incidents happened at almost all the six local Governments areas where the PDP participate in the election.

The party chairman therefore urged security agencies in the state to make effort to ensure that the results are collated and announce.

A resident of Kiyako who gave his name as Adamu told Nigerian Tracker that the election officials were kept hostage in class room since Saturday around 4:00PM and they will not release them until the election results was announced.

Kiyako ward is a political ward of former Governor of Jigawa State Alh Sule Lamido.

In a Statement signed by special advicer to Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar on Media and publicity Habibu Nuhu Kila said the Governor directed State Independent Electoral Commission SIEC to declare anybody who wins the election from any political party before the conduct of the election.

The statement however urged the people of the state to remind calm and assured that the right of any voters will not be violated as promised by the Governor.

Also State chairman of the state independent Electoral Commission SIEC Adamu Ibrahim said the results would soon be announced.

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Kano State Hosts 8th Annual Audit Forum to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

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The 8th Annual Audit Forum, organized by the Office of the Auditor General of Kano State, was held recently, focusing on strengthening transparency and accountability in public financial management. .

Isma’ila Musa, the Auditor General of Kano State, welcomed the participants and highlighted the constitutional and legal mandates that guide the auditing process. “Sections 125(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and 36(i) of the Kano State Audit Law, 2021 (as amended) mandate the Office of the Auditor General to audit the accounts and financial statements of the State Government and all Offices and Courts,” he stated.

Musa expressed immense gratitude to His Excellency, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State, for his support in making the event possible. “It is very important to note that a strengthened fiscal transparency will help build trust in governance,” he emphasized. He added that the Audit Forum is a reform intended to reduce opportunities for corruption and abuse of public resources, thereby increasing the efficiency of public expenditures.

The Auditor General also acknowledged the contributions of various officials, including the Hon. Commissioner Ministry of Planning and Budget, the Accountant General, the Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Services, and former Auditors General, among others. “My sincere appreciation to all the invitees here present for honoring our invitation. I wish us a successful 8th Kano State Annual Audit Forum,” Musa concluded.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Honorable Tukur Fagge, praised the exercise for its potential to enhance resource management and ensure the success of the tasks at hand. “This exercise will enhance resources management and will realize the success of the task,” Fagge stated.

Sarkin Shanon Kano, Shehu Muhammad Dankadai, who served as the royal father of the day, also graced the event, adding to the significance of the occasion.

The forum underscored the commitment of the Kano State Government to upholding transparency and accountability, reflecting the administration’s dedication to effective and efficient service delivery.

 

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Breaking: Former Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission, FEDECO, Ahmadu Kurfi Passes On at 93

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Late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi

 

A former secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, has passed away.

A family source, Jafar Yakubu, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER about the death of the pioneer secretary of the Federal Electoral Commission, who supervised the 1979 general election.

 

Jafar Yakubu said Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi died at the age of 93 and his Janaza funeral prayers will take place by 2:30 PM at Kurfi in KATSINA state .

 

Dr. Amadu Kurfi, OFR, was born in 1931. He was a former chairman of the then Marketing Board, former Federal Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence, and the first person to acquire a BSc degree in the whole of Katsina State, at University College London in 1957.

 

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President Tinubu Sacks UNIZIK Vice-Chancellor, Registrar

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The governing council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been dissolved by President Bola Tinubu.

The president dissolved the council and approved the removal of the institution’s vice-chancellor Bernard Odoh and the university registrar, Rosemary Nwokike.

A statement by Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the president on information and strategy said the action by Tinubu follows allegations of procedural violations in the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor.

He also said that the council led by Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe and including five other members—Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin was accused of bypassing due process to appoint an unqualified candidate, prompting federal intervention.

Onanuga said, “The sacking of the governing council and officials followed reports that the council illegally appointed an unqualified vice-chancellor without following due process.

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He added that following the controversial appointment, the Federal Government stepped in to address the rivalry between the university’s Senate and the governing council of the institution.

“The government expressed concern over the council’s apparent disregard for the university’s governing laws in its selection process”, Onanuga added.

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