Bauchi State assembly election: Collation officers absent

Collation officers in the 11 registration areas in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State, on Thursday, failed to turn up for the rescheduled state House of Assembly election.The electoral officer in the area, Mrs Hadiza Bome, made this known when the Independent National Electional Commission (INEC) National Commissioner, Colonel Muhhamed Hammanga (rtd) and Bauchi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Senator Iliya Audu, visited the area.Bome said there was a clash between the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agents in Didanga polling unit.The electoral officer told the commissioners that a presiding officer was beaten at Gwada polling unit and that after he left, people started massive thumbprinting of ballot papers.She quoted the officer as saying that he would cancel the election in the polling unit.Bome also informed the commissioners that another INEC staff, Abdullahi Barau, was beaten in Balma ward, with a threat to his life if he went back to the area.
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