36,935 voters are expected to vote in this Saturday’s supplementary elections in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that the North-East Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Ari, stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting.
The meeting which was attended by representatives of political parties, security agencies, officials of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), the Media and other relevant agencies sought ways to have a peaceful election in the state.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the March 18 Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive.
INEC said the cancelled votes were more than the margin of victory between candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Fintiri and Aisha Dahiru, better known as Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The incumbent governor scored 421,524 votes while Binani polled 390,275 votes.
Ari reiterated that security agencies have been given mandate to arrest and prosecute any perpetrator of electoral violence during the supplementary election this Saturday.
“The law will take its full cause on anybody or group of persons, whatever his or her position trying to cause violence” he said.
He urged leaders of political parties to ensure only one agent accredited by the commission, wearing identification INEC tag is allowed at the polling units and collation centers when elections are conducted.
