By Deborah Christopher
The Supreme Court on Friday sacked Senator Ibrahim Shekarau as the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party and recognized Senator Rufa’i Hanga as the party’s candidate for the 2023 general election.
It was reported that Shekarau was declared the winner of the 2023 Kano Central Senatorial District election under NNPP.
Shekarau, a sitting senator in the NNPP, was nominated to vie for the senatorial position under its platform.
However, before the elections, he announced his defection from the NNPP and abandoned his senatorial ambition to join the People’s Democratic Party.
But the Independent National Electoral Commission later insisted that it still recognized him as the legitimate NNPP candidate, even though the party replaced him with Hanga.
Shekarau, who is going to the red chamber for the second time, was declared by the returning officer of the senatorial district, Professor Tijjani Darma.
According to INEC, Shekarau polled 456,787 votes to defeat the All-Progressives Congress candidate, Alhaji Abdulkarim Zaura, who polled 168,677 votes.