Supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took to the streets in Kano in celebration while claiming to have won recently concluded governorship election in the state, Igbere Tv reports.
Results were pstill being collated when supporters from both parties stormed the streets at about 9 pm with claims that their party had won.
Igbere Tv learnt that celebrations started across the metropolis shortly after results of the election which attributed victory to PDP went viral on social media.
While PDP supporters were jubilating for dislodging the incumbent governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, those of the ruling APC were also celebrating for the latter’s re-election.
However, it was noticed that security was beefed up within the state metropolis as heavily armed security personnel were posted at strategic places to prevent any breakdown of law and order bin the metropolis.
At INEC headquarters, security was also beefed up as roads leading to the commission’s headquarters were barricaded by armed security men.
It was further observed that only accredited persons are allowed to gain access to the building.
As at the time of filing this report, results from 28 local governments out of the 44 have been collated, while the exercise continued.
The already collated results shows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading but with a little margin.
