Hundreds of All Progressives Congress (APC) members and supporters were left stranded on Wednesday as the court-ordered rerun primary election for the Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency in Zamfara State failed to commence due to the absence of electoral officials.
Party members had arrived early at designated ward voting centres to participate in the direct primary election but waited for several hours without the arrival of officials expected to conduct the exercise.
An assessment across the constituency showed that several voting centres were occupied by party members awaiting the commencement of voting. However, members of the APC Primary Election Committee, reportedly sent from the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, had yet to arrive at the central collation centre located at the Kaura Namoda Local Government Secretariat.
The delay also left security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Correctional Service on standby without any electoral activity to oversee.
The development reportedly heightened tension and frustration among party members who had turned out for the court-ordered exercise.
Efforts to reach the Zamfara State APC Chairman, Kabiru Moyi Birnin Magaji, for comments on the delay were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to several telephone calls.
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