BREAKING: Zamfara Bye-Election Declared Inconclusive, Two Ad-hoc Staff Missing

Zamfara bye-election held on Saturday has been declared inconclusive by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).

OnyxNews Nigeria gathered that two ad-hoc staff of the commission have been declared missing and their whereabouts were still unclear at the time of filing in this report.

Addressing newsmen on Sunday, the returning Officer Professor Ibrahim Magawata, said, “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.

But he declared that, so far, the PDP candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Tudu, has scored the total number of 18645 votes, while the APC candidate, Alhaji Bello Dankande Gamji scored 16464 votes.

He also said: “A new date for the conclusion of the Zamfara bye-election for the affected polling units would be announced later.”