The Kano State Government on Monday insisted that
the trending video clip of underage voters supposedly in the just concluded
Kano Local Government elections was actually shot on the March 30, 2015
election organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Malam
Muhammad Garba, made the clarification while addressing the members of the
Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) at its two-day National Conference in the
northern state.
According to him, “the recent Council poll in Kano was adjudged
one of the freest in the history of council polls in Nigeria by both local and
international observers. I make bold to say that the controversial video
belongs to INEC.”
“The video that went viral in social media contained scenes
where INEC card readers were deployed; and nothing of such was used in the last
council poll in Kano—we did not use card readers, and there was no event of
under-age voting during the 10 February Council poll in Kano state.”
The immediate-past President of NUJ, however, expressed
happiness that INEC has decided to investigate the matter, adding that “the
outcome of the investigation would exonerate the Kano electoral body.”
The Commissioner insisted that Kano State Independent Electoral
Commission (KANSIEC) followed due process and was guided by law during the
election.
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