Polls in 2 Kaduna LGs aborted
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chikun lga held no elections on june 6 during the rescheduled polls because our office was invaded and staff molested. elections did not hold she said1 the chairman of kaduna state independent electoral commission dr saratu dikko on friday said election did not hold on wednesday in chikun and kaura local government areas of the state1 dikko said at a press conference on friday evening in kaduna that two different results were declared by separate officials in the election conducted in jaba local government1 she said free fair and credible election was conducted in jaba local government during the rescheduled polls but two results were announced from the same election1 according to her only the tribunal could resolve the issue and advised the two political parties that participated in the exercise to approach the local government election tribunal on the matter1 on the failed election in chikun and and kaura local government areas the chairman said that the commission would come out with a position later1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that the commission had rescheduled the election after it failed to conduct the exercise on may 121 she added that the result declared by one dr sani mohammed who claimed to be the returning officer for the local government was fake1 on the situation in kaura she said that some stakeholders had refused to allow the distribution of election materials insisted that the returning officers must be around for easy identification at the end of the exercise1 dikko however said that the rescheduled poll held in some wards of kaduna south local government area where it was earlier declared inconclusive1 the chairman stated that after the final tally of the votes kabiru yakubu-jarumi the chairmanship candidate of the apc won with 50404 votes while the pdp candidate scored 23425 votes1 she said that the election was also concluded in makarfi central ward in makarfi local government area where suleiman adamu of the apc won with 1770 votes against pdps aliyu lawal who scored 1615 votes1