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March 24, 2019
Absenceof the Returning Officer in charge of Bauchi State gubernatorial election MohammedKyari, is delaying the announcement of the outcome of the governorship re-run electionsin the state.
TheNews Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that as at 7am on Sunday, Kyari, who is theVice Chancellor of  Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, was yetto arrive Bauchi.
Hisabsence has caused apprehension among people of the state, who are suspectingsome ‘foul play’, but the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner IbrahimAbdullahi, said there was no cause for alarm.
Addressingparty agents, observers and journalists in the early hours of Sunday, Abdullahiassured that the mandate of the people was intact.
Hesaid that results from all the 36 polling units in the 15 Local GovernmentAreas where the re-run elections took place, had been received, and that whatwas left was for the Returning Officer to arrive and announced the outcome.
Abdullahisaid that he had communicated with Mohammed and therefore assured that by today(Sunday), the result would be announced.
Heurged the people of the state to disregard comments on social media that hadbeen insinuating grand plans to change the result.(NAN)nmenuI����2