The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has begun the distribution of sensitive materials ahead of the February 3 re-run election in Bauchi State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Appeal Court has ordered a re-run election across 42 polling units in four state assembly constituencies, including Bauchi Central, Zungur-Galambi, Ningi 1, and Madara-Chinade.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner Mohammed Nura, who monitored the exercise on Thursday, said that ballot papers and result sheets were distributed to the areas in the presence of representatives of political parties, security agencies, and other stakeholders.
He said the commission was ready for the conduct of the rerun election, adding that it was committed to the timely delivery of the materials to the areas.
The commission, he said, trained 126 ad hoc personnel, comprising presiding officers, assistant presiding officers, and supervisory presiding officers, as well as 21 collation and returning officers, for the exercise.
“The election will be conducted using BVAS for accreditation, authentication, and result upload to the IReV.
“So far, BVAS for all the PUs have been configured and is ready to be used on election day while our technical support staff will be at each PU to ensure the device works,” he said.
According to Nura, the Registration Area Centres (RACs) will be activated on Friday by 4 pm, adding: “This is not different from the 2023 election but a continuation of it.
“All political parties that fielded candidates during the 2023 general election in these constituencies will participate in the rerun elections.”
