Gyang Bere, Jos
Former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland Alh. Yahaya Kwande has described the supplementary governorship election in Plateau State as peaceful.
Amb. Kwande disclosed this on Saturday after voting at Plateau Hotel Junction PU 018 in Jos North Local Government Area of the State.
He described the turn out for the election as peaceful and orderly, compared to the March 9, polls where voting was disrupted.
Kwande blamed INEC for lack of proper planning and inadequacies that led to the declaration of the initial polls as inconclusive.
“The election is generally peaceful and the turn out is impressive compare to the last election. I will like INEC to improve on the future conduct of elections to stop delays in the announcement of results,” he said.
“The pattern in which election results are delayed in some areas just to wait for results to come to enable some individuals to add figures to get the winning vote must be checkd by INEC.”
In his part, former Minister of Information and Communication Hon. Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande praised the conduct of voters at polling units and described the electoral process as peaceful.
He queried INEC decision to declare the election inconclusive in Plateau, having known that the number of people who collected PVCs was not up to the required 49,000 votes needed for a winner to emerge.
Member representing Jos North/Bassa constituency in the House of Representatives Suleiman Kwande said the supplementary elections is holding to fulfill the requirements of the Electoral Act.
He said it is clear that the winner of the election has emerged based on the earlier results declared by INEC.