Disturbed by the high rate of elections cancelled during the 2015 general elections, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof.

Mahmoud Yakubu yesterday said that an investigation would be launched into why 82 elections were nullified.

Yakubu, who disclosed when he met the media and some Civil Society Organizations, expressed worry over the development, stressing that the commission will study the circumstances that led to the nullification of the elections and evolve measures to tackle related issues.

As at Tuesday a total of 82 elections had been nullified pending the outcome of two cases each in Osun and Bayelsa States.

Yakubu said, “Now we have 82 elections nullified by the court of appeal, two of  which will still proceed to the Supreme Court.

“But in addition, to the nullified elections, we have 15 other elections where petitioners were declared winners by the court.  The court did not decide that we should conduct re-runs there. They said that we should issue certificates of return to those declared winners by the court”, he explained.

He expressed confidence that INEC will understudy the circumstances that led to the nullification of the elections and develop measures to tackle issue.

Credit: Leadership