The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kaduna State has announced the postponement of further collation of governorship election results following destruction of election materials in Kudan Local Government Area by suspected political thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kudan Local Government is where the PDP candidate, Hon. Isa Ashiru hails from and it is one of his strongest support base.
However, before the suspension of the collation of results, the election body had already collated results in 22 of the 23 Locl Government Areas of the state.
The Administrative Secretary of INEC in Kaduna State, Mr Awal Mahammad Mashi, announced that there was an invasion of the collation centre by thugs.
In the words of Mashi; “Everything to do with the election was destroyed.
“We have all the results in our server, we will download them in the presence of everybody.
“INEC has always been transparent, we are going to download everything, we are going to give the same results that was torn,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government has announced the prohibition of any form of protests in the state as a way of checking the breakdown of law and order.
In a statement on Monday, the State Commissioner for Internal Security, Samuel Aruwan, appealed to citizens to promptly report activities that pose or may disrupt public peace.
Aruwan said that security agencies are already conducting diligent investigations into the reports of possible breakdown of law and order, stressing that individuals and groups found to be behind such activities will be vigorously prosecuted.
In the words of Aruwan; “It is important to reiterate that street protests remain strictly prohibited to prevent any possible breakdown of law and order.
“Government appeals to citizens to volunteer information on any activity which may pose a threat to public peace, law and order via these help lines: 09034000060 08170189999.”
