The bye-election conducted in Bakura constituency, Zamfara State has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Meanwhile, two ad-hoc staff of the commission have been declared missing .
While submitting her report to the returning officer, the Registration Area Supervisor of Bakura Ward 001, Prof. A’isha Bawa announced that the two INEC adhoc staff were missing.
She also said she was yet to receive results from two polling units as she could not see either the staff nor the election results.
The Returning Officer, Professor Ibrahim Magawata told journalists that the election results of five polling units in Bakura ward have been cancelled.
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The affected units according to Professor Magawata have a total number of 11,429 votes.
He announced that the PDP candidate, Ibrahim Tudu scored a total number of 18,645 votes, while the APC candidate, Bello Dankande Gamji polled 16, 464.
New date for the conclusion of the election in the affected polling units would be announced later.
