INEC Omits APC On Zamfara Result Sheets

The independent National electoral commission(INEC) did not add the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the result sheets of the ongoing governorship and house of assembly elections in Zamfara state.

INEC had excluded the party due to the court rulings on the internal crisis in Zamfara APC as a result of the controversies which trailed the primary elections.

But last month, a Zamfara high court ruled that the party could file candidates in the elections.

In a statement by the national secretary of the commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the party was omitted from result sheets because of the “suddenness of the court order”.

“The commission has just discovered that because of the suddenness of the court order, the party (APC) was omitted for the governorship result sheets. “This omission is deeply regretted,” the statement read.

“As a solution, the commission has decided to manually create columns in each of the Result Sheets after the last printed party, ZLP, and insert the APC.

“This does not affect any other information on the Results Sheet.”

Speaking on INEC’s readiness for the polls, Asmau Maikudi, resident electoral commissioner (REC) in the state, said the commission had completed all arrangements for an early start.

She said all elections materials which were distributed to all the 14 local government areas of the state under the supervision of party agents and other stakeholders had reached their destinations without any hitch.

According to maikudi, the cooperation of the stakeholders in the state, especially security agencies, politicians and the media, was commendable.