INEC schedules Zamfara supplementary polls for Aug 21

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Zamfara has scheduled the conduct of a supplementary election in five polling units of Kaura Namoda South State Assembly constituency to August 21.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Mahmmud Isah, made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau on Tuesday.

Isah said the supplementary election would be held in five polling units in Kyambarawa and Sakajiki registration areas, where the August 16 by-election results were cancelled following alleged irregularities.

According to him, the supplementary poll will take place in three polling units in Kyambarawa ward.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner noted that the exercise would take place in Shiyar Magaji (Kofar Hamza) 002, Tukasu (Sabuwar Kasuwa) 009 and Kofar Fafa (Shiyar Fada).

He said that the poll would equally be conducted in the two affected polling units in Sakajiki ward, including Alko (Shiyar Kudu) 002 and Shiyar Nufawa (Kofar MD Nuhu) 007.