Collation of results for the Bauchi State Governorship Election has commenced with the arrival of Muhammed Kyari, the Returning Officer at the state collation centre.
Absence of the Returning Officer in charge of Bauchi State gubernatorial election had delayed the announcement of the outcome of the governorship re-run elections in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at 7am on Sunday, Kyari, who is the Vice Chancellor of Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, was yet to arrive Bauchi.
His absence has caused apprehension among people of the state, who are suspecting some ‘foul play’ , but the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ibrahim Abdullahi, said there was no cause for alarm.
Addressing party agents, observers and journalists in the early hours of Sunday, Abdullahi assured that the mandate of the people was intact.
He said that results from all the 36 polling units in the 15 Local Government Areas where the re-run elections took place, had been received, and that what was left was for the Returning Officer to arrive and announce the outcome.