The state police commissioner, Ibrahim Adamu, said a joint security arrangement had been put in place to ensure a peaceful and credible exercise.
The certificates were presented on Friday at the INEC headquarters in Kano by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Abdu Zango.
He said that all 1,400 ad hoc staff had been trained and deployed for the exercise.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has completed all arrangements to conduct all by-elections in Kano.
Mr Abbas, represented by the state APC legal adviser, Abdul Fagge, said INEC should have declared the election as inconclusive for some reasons.
