Mr Shekarau was the flagbearer of the NNPP for the Kano Central Senatorial zone before he ditched the party for the PDP.
But Mr Shekarau’s name remained on the Independent National Electoral Commission ’s portal for candidates in the 25 February National Assembly election.
Delivering judgment on an appeal filed before it by INEC, the Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal both in Abuja which had upheld the candidature of Mr Hanga as the standard-bearer NNPP. But, on 28 March, INEC declared Mr Shekarau winner of the Kano Central Senatorial District election on the platform of NNPP despite his resignation from the party before the 25 February presidential and National Assembly elections.that INEC’s returning officer for Kano Central District, Tijjani Darma, said Mr Shekarau garnered 456,787 votes.
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