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Why Kogi, Bayelsa Elections Were Inconclusive– Prof Yakubu

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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has said the spate of inconclusive elections conducted under his tenure is a reflection of the competitiveness of the polls, stressing that elections are getting better.

He also added that the use of card readers and smart cards for elections have come to stay in spite of the regrettable glitches experienced during its use.

He further stressed that the process of declaration of winners of election as contained in the electoral guideline will never be compromised.

The Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections conducted by Yakubu were declared inconclusive at the first ballot. While the polls in Kogi has been concluded INEC is yet to fix a date for the supplementary polls in Bayelsa State.

Yakubu stated this while making his opening remark at the 11th public lecture of The Electoral Institute (TEI) titled “between refuge and rights: internally displaced persons (IDPs) and inclusive electoral process in Nigeria,” which held in Abuja.

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Bayelsa Guber: Immigration Warns Foreigners Against Voting

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The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned foreigners resident in the state to stay away from the Dec. 5 governorship election.

 

The Comptroller of NIS in the state, Mr Sule Wunti, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenogoa on Monday.

 

Wunti said the command would deal decisively with any defaulter particularly nationals of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) resident in the state.

 

He said that as part of security preparations ahead of the polls, the command had convened a stakeholders’ forum to sensitise ECOWAS nationals resident in the state on the election.

 

“As part of security preparedness ahead of the election, the command has invited leaders of ECOWAS Citizens Associations to a forum to warn them to keep off the elections coming up on Dec. 5.

 

“We have taken time to explain to them that the elections are for Nigerian citizens alone, and anyone who flouts the directives will be arrested and make to face the wrath of the law,” Wunti said.

 

The Comptroller said that the NIS was working with other security agencies in Bayelsa to provide adequate security for the elections.

 

 

(NAN)