APC kidnapped INEC officials in Gamawa Local Government area of Bauchi and wrote false result in their favor, Elombah News has been told.
The Returning officer refused to declare the Senate and House of representatives result for the area.
“The incidence happened in Gamawa Local Government”, an election monitor in the area confided to Elombah News correspondent.
“The chairman is Nasiru Bakura and the Commissioner for Housing Bauchi state Umar Ibrahim took away INEC officials for about 30 minutes and tampered the result with about 7000 votes in favour of APC”.
Sen. Farouk Mustapha, the NNPP senatorial candidate told Elombah News that the commissioner connived with Electoral officer and made away with the collation forms.
The same incident was repeated in Zakki LGA, he said. The APC bosses in the area used a Police AIG, to take the election materials to Bauchi tonight. The AIG stated the result will be declared in Bauchi town
Sen. Farouk Mustapha, said he has made an official report requesting that INEC cancels the result for two, out of the seven Local government areas in the zone.
Their actions “violates the spirit of the electoral law, Senator Mustapha stated.
UPDATE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
In abuse of democracy and social justice, the ruling party(APC) connived with the INEC personnel in transfer of elections result of Gamawa and Zaki local government areas of Bauchi north to Bauchi South which is a clear violation of electoral act (moving unannounced result from one senatorial zone to another) to feather their own nest.
On elections day elections materials were not provided till around 4-5pm (on oppositions strong holds) until after the interventions of Local Government DPO.
Pictures attached showing Masses yelling at Katagum Local government’s DPO. The elections were terminated in not more than 3-4 hours. Less than 20% of electorates cast their votes.
“Nigerians should know how desperate the ruling party are, and how our democracy is misconceived”, lamented a voter from from LGA.