The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has said that employees of the agency who were responsible for shortfalls recorded in Kuje and Kabusa during the Federal Capital Territory elections will be investigated.
He said the workers would be punished if found guilty.
According to him, the transporters who were responsible for the delay in the movement of logistics to the Kwali area council will also be blacklisted.
Amupitan stated this while reviewing the FCT polls at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.
The meeting is being held exactly four days after the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory council elections and by-elections in Rivers and Kano states on Saturday.
Apart from reviewing the outcomes of those elections, the meeting is expected to allow the INEC chairman to get feedback from the resident electoral commissioners about their concerns and preparations for the 2027 general election.
All resident electoral commissioners from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory were invited to the meeting.
Also attending the meeting is the forum of state independent electoral commissions, who are on a courtesy visit to the INEC chairman.
In Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), APC’s Christopher Maikalangu was returned elected after polling 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes cast.
In the Kwali Area Council, APC’s Daniel Nuhu secured 17,032 votes to defeat PDP’s Haruna Pai, who polled 8,575 votes.
In Gwagwalada Area Council, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate Mohammed Kasim won the chairmanship seat with 22,165 votes, defeating the APC’s Yahaya Shehu, who scored 17,788 votes. (Channels)
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