 The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended the collation of the Dhamma Wastit Supplementary Governorship election. With results declared for 10 of 20 local government areas in the supplementary election, Governor Amadha Finteri has taken an early lead, however reports emerged that the Resident Electoral Commission declared the APC Governorship candidate the winner of the poll. But in a statement on Sunday, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye Islam, the action of the Dhamma Orek, said it usaps the power of the Returning Officer. The Commission thereafter summoned the REC Returning Officer and all involved in its headquarters in Abuja. Well, the situation in the Dhamma Wastit is that the Commission has suspended further collation of reasons in the Dhamma Wastit. This commission appointed a Collation Secretary for the Governorship election in the Dhamma Wastit. And we appointed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Midigri as the Collation Secretary for the Returning Officer. The Commission has now relieved him of that particular responsibility. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Dhamma Wastit exercises what we call delegated authority, powers delegated to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The actions as Collation and Returning Officer are not part of the powers delegated to him. We have no right whatsoever to go and make a declaration and also make a return when there have been results that have been warehoused and there have also been supplementary results that were ongoing. Ten local governments have been announced, the other local governments have not been announced. So it was out of place for him to assume the tax of a Returning Officer, go and make a declaration and a return when Collation was still ongoing. So the Commission has suspended further Collation Officers in the Dhamma Wastit and the Commission has summoned the Returning Officer to Abuja and the Returning Officer is already in Abuja. The Commission has also summoned the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Dhamma Wastit to Abuja and we expect him to be there and all the other Officers that played one way or the other have also been summoned. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.