36,935 Voters Expected to Vote in Adamawa Supplementary Polls – REC

The North-East Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Ari has said about 36,935 voters are expected to vote in this Saturday’s supplementary elections in Adamawa State.

He stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Yola.

The Commission also added that the Police and other Security agencies have been given the mandate to arrest and prosecute any perpetrator of electoral violence in the forthcoming Supplementary election.

The meeting which was attended by representatives of political parties, security agencies, Inter-Party Advisory Council, the Media and other relevant agencies sorry ways to have a peaceful supplement election in the state.

Barrister Yunusa Hudu Ari while declaring the meeting open said the law will take it’s full cause on anybody or group of persons, whatever his or her position, trying to cause violence during the exercise.

He advised leaders of political parties to ensure that only one agent accredited by the Commission and wearing identification tag appears at polling unit and Collation center during the Election.

The Rec reiterated that security agencies have been given mandate to arrest and prosecute any perpetrator of electoral violence come during the supplementary election this Saturday.

“The law will take its full cause on anybody or group of persons, whatever his or her position trying to cause violence” he said.

He urged leaders of political parties to ensure only one agent accredited by the commission, wearing identification INEC tag is allowed at the polling units and collation centers when elections are conducted.

The meeting which was attended by representatives of political parties, security agencies, officials of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the Media and other relevant agencies sought ways to have a peaceful election in the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 18 Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive.

Adamawa Governorship Polls Inconclusive- INEC

The electoral umpire said the cancelled votes were more than the margin of victory between candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fintiri and Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who remain the two main contenders.

The incumbent governor scored 421,524 votes while Binani polled 390,275 votes.