INEC suspends collation of Kano gubernatorial election results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano has suspended the collation of results for the Saturday’s Governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Riskuwa Arab-Shehu announced this after the collation of results from the 43 out of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. The INEC Commissioner said the suspension was necessary […]
FILE PHOTO: Kano State governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Abba Kabir of PDP and other gubernatorial candidates in group photograph together with Kano Commissioner of police Wakili after the signing of accord peace among the Kano govurnatorial candidates in B. U. K before the election. Photo Sani Maikatanga
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano has suspended the collation of results for the Saturday’s Governorship election.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Riskuwa Arab-Shehu announced this after the collation of results from the 43 out of the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
The INEC Commissioner said the suspension was necessary because of reports of the security challenges from the only local government left to be announced in the governorship elections results.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the result of Nassarawa local government is being awaited.
According to the REC, the results were snatched away from the collation centre, and that the electoral body will refer to its primary and secondary data base to generate the result from the polling units and wards.
Arab-Shehu explained that INEC will generate the result, verify and consider those that are acceptable within the electoral law.
He added that party agents would be invited for the verification of the results to ensure transparency during the regeneration of the results.