Taraba REC adjourns announcement of results till Monday

Announcement of the March 9 election results in Taraba state has been postponed till Monday at 12 noon.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the governorship election in Taraba state, Professor Adamu Iya postponed the process without giving reasons.

The REC announced the postponement at the INEC state headquarters in Jalingo at about 8.40pm on Sunday.

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It was observed that results from five local government areas had been brought in.

Recall that pro-democracy group, Coalition for Clean Polls (CCP) had earlier discredited the governorship and house of assembly election in the southern parts of Taraba state and called for the cancellation of the results.

The group claimed the elections were marred by what it described as ‘massive irregularities and intimidation of voters.’

CCP recounted widespread cases of ballot box snatching and stuffing which characterized the elections in Donga, Wukari, Takum and Ussa Local Governments, adding that large-scale violence was unleashed on voters and INEC officials.

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