ADC suspends Jigawa primaries collation over violence, irregularities

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has suspended, indefinitely, the collation of results of primaries for 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, the venue of the collation exercise.

Ahmed revealed that unresolved complaints and irregularities made it impossible to continue the collation.

“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 disclosed.

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.