Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called off the earlier announced rerun election in Bauchi State for the gubernatorial seat just as it approved the resumption, conclusion and announcement of the result of the Tafawa Balewa State Constituency. “Halfway into the Local Government collation, armed gangs attacked the collation centre and destroyed the Local Government Result Sheet (EC8C) and some collated results from the Registration Areas. INEC guidelines provide that where violent disruption affects collation in this manner, results should be regenerated from duplicate copies on a replacement result sheet”, INEC further stated. It explained that: “The Collation Officer, under pressure from Party Agents who could not wait for the arrival of a replacement result sheet, decided to collate the result on an available RA result sheet instead of the replacement LGA result sheet. When the result was presented at the State Governorship Collation Centre, the Returning Officer rejected the regenerated result because it was on a wrong result sheet”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 16, 2019 12:04 UTC