According to the results declared by Tanimu, APGA had 678 votes in the supplementary election, bringing its total votes to 15,950, having polled 15,272 votes in the April 9 election
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According to Belikatu, a party must win with a simple majority of the votes cast, must score two-third spread across the 10 wards and number of cancelled votes should not exceed the difference between winner’s votes and runner-up’s
She said the card reader stalled the conduct of the election in the units, explaining that at the time the technical challenge would have been resolved, “it would have been too late to begin election in the wards”.
The security situation in the Abuja Municipal Council was tight as security agents were on hand to enforce law and order in all the polling units visited
The Independent National Electoral Commission said it has engaged and trained more than 4,000 ad hoc staff to conduct the exercise.
INEC also announced that 44 domestic and foreign observer groups have been screened and approved to monitor the polls.
The REC said the Commission has reviewed its preparedness to guarantee the required results and in keeping with its policy on transparency, decided to brief stakeholders on the challenge it has encountered in the recruitment of ad-hoc workers for the election