Political stakeholders across party lines in Taraba State have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for the peaceful conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Taraba State.
The Minister of Transportation Muazu Sambo, who gave the commendation also added “I am mpressed at the turn out and conduct of voters. and optimistic that my party APC will still form the next Government in the next regime .I therefore called for calm from the people.
In the same vein, Nigeria’s former envoy to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Hassan Jika Ardo, noted that the peaceful conduct of the election has shown that Nigeria’s democracy is growing and can actually get things right.
Mr. Ado, who commended the President for the electoral reforms and and the cashless policy that has checked the cases of vote buying that often lead to crisis urged Nigerians to sustain the gains of this election to make for better elections subsequently.
Meanwhile the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state Col. Kefas Agbu has applauded the INEC for a seamless and hitch free process.
” I Commend the people Of Taraba state for conducting themselves peacefully and orderly . I now call for improvement in the process, arising from the lessons learnt from this election,” Col. Agbu said.
On his part, the commissioner representing Taraba State at the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Ahmed Yusuf hailed the orderly conduct of the polls and the massive turn out of electorates.
” I urge my people to show the spirit of sportsmanship by accepting and to the outcome of the election with calm knowing that in every race, there must be a winner and loser,” he appealed.
Ismaila Maihanchi, candidate of the PDP for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing federal Constituency described the election as the most transparent and credible process in recent times, urging the people to protect their votes.
Missing Results
A councillor representing Chanchanji Ward James Ugo who accompanied the election materials back to Takum at about 1:45am said the election result sheets which went missing were later discovered in Dutse Ward election materials.
The police public relations officer, Taraba State Command, Usman Abdullahi confirmed the missing of the result sheets but said the issue has been resolved.
“The election result sheets were declared missing and the Electoral Officer was held in custody, but the result sheets were later found.”
Danji maintained that the court case within the APC for Taraba South senatorial ticket was not a challenge for the party to win in the southern part of Taraba state.
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