The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has that it will continue collation of results in Rivers state while resuming collation in Bauchi by appointing a new returning officer.
This clarification was made by INEC’s director of voter education and publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
Mr Osaze-Uzzi made it clear that the commission will conclude the collation exercise in Rivers because it was not declared inconclusive.
He noted that initially Bauchi had been penciled down by the commission as one of the states to partake in the supplementary elections scheduled for Saturday, March 23, however, he stated that as of now the electoral umpire is not sure of that.
“Initially we had penciled Bauchi down as one of the states for which there will be supplementary election, but as I speak now, quite honestly, we are not sure of that”.
