‘ Bwari council polls inconclusive,’ Returning Officer says

The Bwari Council Elections Returning Officer, Prof. Wesley Nafarda, has confirmed that the elections in the council was inconclusive following some hitches in the process.

The RO made this available to Journalists in the process of collation of results at Bwari on Sunday.

Stating that over 17 polling units including all the 12 units at Kawu ward were canceled.

Others were two units at Dakwa and Public Place, in Kubwa ward, one unit at Gidan Bawa under Dutsen Alhaji ward, one unit which is at Primary School in Igu ward while the last one is still pending.

“Total number of registered voters are 224,737; accredited voters 44250; valid votes 42,291; rejected votes 1,137 and total cast are 42,428.” He added.

Nafarda said the difference between the highest scorer was 5,997, which made the election inconclusive.

Reveals that PDP scored 22,711 while APC scored 16,714.

The Returning officer attributed the case of Kawu ward which had all the 12 polling units canceled as thuggery.

According to him, after the results were collated, thugs appeared and destroyed the result sheets and other voting materials.

He urges the public to watch out for a new date for the election at the various affected units.