Shock engulfed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
staff and other stakeholders, including stalwarts of political parties
yesterday at the commission’s Anambra state headquarters, Awka,
following the discovery of the INEC Result sheet Form EC8As
forPresidential election meant for use in Bauchi state in the general
elections.
The commission’s Head of Operation in the state, Elder Ata Ewa who
confirmed the mixed up, however, stated that they have alerted the INEC
headquarters in Abuja over the discovery. INEC officials who were sorting out the sensitive electoral
materials, distributing them to the various 21 local governments in the
state were shocked in the early hours of yesterday when they discovered
in one of the sealed packs that some Form EC 8A Results sheets for
Presidential election in Buachi state were contained in the packs, also,
containing some result sheets for election in the state.
The INEC staff there adopted careful checking of the various packs
and discovered further that there were mixed up of different results
sheets meant for the polls in different local government areas in the
state.
