Mr Yahaya of the APC scored 342,821 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jibrin Barde of the PDP, who polled 233,131 votes.
Mr Umar Namadi scored 618,449 votes to beat his closest rival, Mustapha Sule Lamido, who polled 368,726 votes.
“Thugs have invaded our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia,” INEC tweeted via its verified Twitter handle.
Such a person is liable to arrest and prosecution.
Just this Monday, we assessed all the materials to see their levels of functionality and some of the BVAS that were either stolen or damaged were replaced.
“We as a responsible organisation have taken steps to rectify some of the challenges we had and made sure that going into March 18 elections.”
Mr Cole deleted the message after his supporters stormed the post’s comment section to express their displeasure for his comments, as several vowed to withdraw their support from his gubernatorial
Mr Saidu, however, said the lead margin of 617 votes between the candidates was less than the total votes cancelled in the election.
The election was delayed on Saturday.
