The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in 141 polling units in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the development known on Saturday in Abuja during a news briefing.
He said the exercise was postponed in the affected polling units due to the disruption of the election process.
Yakubu said the decision was made as members of the National Youth Service Corps serving as ad hoc staff expressed apprehension about going back to the locations after the disruption.
He said both the Presidential and National Assembly elections at the affected polling units would take place on Sunday.
He said: “We have a situation in Bayelsa State, particularly in the capital, Yenogoa, where in four wards: wards 4, 6, 8, 14, involving 141 polling units, the process was disrupted.
“We remobilised security to proceed with the process, but the Corps members expressed some apprehension about going back.
“So we met with the security agencies and decided that voting in these 141 polling units, where all the materials are actually intact, will take place tomorrow morning.
“Remember we are not only conducting the presidential election, but we’re also doing senatorial and federal constituencies.
“So, we will do as much as possible to conduct the election so that we can conclude the processes.
“So, we have an agreement to hold the election in these locations tomorrow.”