The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Mahmuda Isah,
announced the date during a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau.

He assured voters and political parties that the commission
has made full preparations for a smooth and credible process.

Dr. Isah explained that the poll was necessary after the
Returning Officer, Professor Lawal Sa’adu of the Federal University Gusau,
declared the earlier by-election inconclusive.

According to him, “the margin between the leading party and
the runner-up was less than the total number of Permanent Voter Cards collected
in polling units where elections were cancelled.”

INEC appealed to all parties, security agencies, and
stakeholders to work together to ensure the success of the August 21 exercise.

Meanwhile, tension continues between the two leading
parties.

The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
rejected claims by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it used
soldiers to intimidate voters during the earlier poll.

Addressing journalists in Gusau, APC Publicity Secretary,
Yusuf Idris, dismissed the allegation, saying it was “baseless and unfounded.”

He stressed that security forces were only present to
maintain peace and stop electoral malpractice by thugs.

Idris added that “the PDP is only trying to smear the image
of security agencies in a bid to discredit the process.”

The APC insisted that residents of Kaura Namoda South came
out in large numbers to back its candidate, describing the performance as proof
of the party’s popularity ahead of the 2027 general elections.