The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has
withdrawn its participation in the Bakura State Constituency
supplementary election in Zamfara State.
Chairman of the APC Publicity Committee in Zamfara, Ibrahim
Birnin-Magaji, disclosed this on Tuesday, a day before the exercise
is scheduled to hold.
He explained that the party took the decision to withdraw to
enable the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
complete the process.
Birnin-Magaji stated that the decision followed a careful review
of last Saturday’s bye-election and the preparedness of the
security agencies to guarantee the security of voters during the
supplementary election in the 14 affected polling units.
He noted that neither the heads of security agencies nor their
representatives attended the stakeholders’ meeting aimed at
fine-tuning the measures put in place to ensure the smooth conduct
of the supplementary poll.
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The party spokesman in Zamfara stressed that the security
agencies were critical stakeholders in an electioneering process
and their absence at the meeting called for serious concern.
He said the party’s leadership had lodged a formal complaint to
INEC to shift the exercise to a more convenient date to ensure all
issues arising from the last exercise were properly addressed.
Birnin-Magaji, however, faulted the decision of the electoral
umpire to go ahead to fixed December 9 for the supplementary
election.
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