The African Democratic Congress has indefinitely suspended the collation of results for its primaries covering State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship and presidential tickets in Jigawa State over violence and irregularities.
The Chief Returning Officer, Zaki Ahmed, announced the suspension to journalists at the Tashir Guests Palace in Dutse, venue of the collation exercise.
Ahmed disclosed that unresolved complaints and irregularities made it impossible to continue with the collation process.
“Results had been received from 19 out of the 27 local government areas, while officials were still awaiting submissions from Auyo, Roni and Kazaure councils,” he said.
According to him, the exercise was marred by serious infractions in several areas.
“There were reports of irregularities and malpractice in some local governments, while Gwaram witnessed threats of violence capable of disrupting the process completely,” Ahmed added.
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