INEC suspends electoral officer
over missing ballot papers
Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended the Electoral
Officer for Jos North Local Government Area, Fred Ogboji, over missing ballot
papers in Saturday’s rerun election.
A statement by the state Head of Department of Electoral Operations, Mr Isah
Idakwo, on behalf of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Jos directed the
electoral officer to step aside to give room for a proper investigation.
This is coming after INEC on Saturday rescheduled election in 16 polling
units of Jos North-Bassa Federal Constituency following the discovery of some
ballot papers that were missing.
The state INEC REC Dr Oliver Agundu, said in a statement that the election had been
rescheduled for today, Sunday, February. 4, adding that the commission
discovered at the eve of the rerun that the ballot papers for 16 polling units
in Jos North-Bassa Federal Constituency had gone missing.
He also said, that the matter had been referred to the security agencies for
investigation.
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