The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cancelled the scheduled supplementary election in Bauchi state.
Bauchi was among the six states that the commission fixed supplementary poll for March 23, following the disruption of the collation of the March 9 governorship and state assembly elections.
But in a statement, the commission said it decided not to go ahead with another election in line with the recommendation of a fact-finding on the election.
The commission said the collation process in the state will resume on Tuesday.
Festus Okoye, chairman, INEC information and voter education committee, said the committee found out that results of March 9 elections in Tafawa Balewa local government area, where suspected thugs disrupted the process, were still intact.
He also said contrary to the record that the number of cancelled votes in four units in Ningi LGA stood at 25,330, it was discovered the actual number of votes cancelled was 2,533.
Okoye said the commission consequently approved the resumption and conclusion of the collation of results of Tafawa Balewa LGA.
He also announced the appointment of a new collation/returning officer for Tafawa Balewa to conclude the collation process after the former in charge “withdrew from the exercise citing threats to her life and those of her family members.”
“The Commission directed that the error in the total number of cancelled votes in four polling units in Ningi Local Government Area should be corrected from 25,330 to 2,533,” it added.
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