Elections update: INEC postpones elections in 11 Federal Constituencies

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the postponement of election in seven out of eleven federal constituencies in Jigawa state, the Vanguard has reported. The resident electoral commissioner in charge of state, Alhaji Halliru Aliyu Tambawel announced the development while briefing news men yesterday night at INEC headquarter in Dutse, said the postponement was due to the short-fall of Sensitive materials including ballot papers and results sheets from the central Bank of Nigeria. He listed the affected seven federal constituencies as Dutse/Kiyawa, Ringim/ Taura, HadeJia/Kafin Hausa/Auyo, and Jahun Miga federal Constituencies of Jigawa state, others include Gumel/Maigatari/Sule tankarkar/ Gagarawa, Kaugama/Malam- madori and Gwaram Federal constituencies. Tambuwal explained that the remaining four federal constituencies in the state election will hold today and they include Babura/ Garki, Birnin Kudu/Buji, Birniwa/ Guri/ Kirikasamma and Kazaure/Roni/ Gwiwa/’Yankwashi federal constituencies in the state. The resident electoral commissioner further explained that, the Presidential election and senatorial elections will hold as scheduled in all the 27 local government areas in the state as the commission received both sensitive and non sensitive material for the election and ready for election.