Nigeria, March 23 -- A coalition has commended the conduct of Saturday's governorship re-run election in Kano State.

The observers, numbering 18, addressed the press via a statement read by

Chinyere Manukwem, the leader of Global Initiative for Civic Training and Youth Development.

Speaking under the aegis of the Coalition of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Accredited Observers for Kano State Supplementary Election, the group commended the electoral umpire "for their immeasurable contributions to the success recorded during the just concluded Kano State governorship supplementary election".

Ms Manukwem said the distribution of both sensitive and non-sensitive election materials, "was done in record time".

She said ha...