Gombe -The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Tuesday cancelled the governorship and State House of Assembly elections at the Jankai polling unit in Gombe metropolis.

Mr Godfrey Miri, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the elections had to be cancelled because voting commenced in the unit ahead of the scheduled time of noon.

“We received reports that voting had commenced in the unit as early as 8 am. Consequently, we sent our men who confirmed the early commencement of voting, as a result, the elections in the unit had to be cancelled.

 “Apart from commencement of voting ahead of schedule, we discovered a lot of under aged voters in that polling unit,” he said.

He stated that any unit discovered to be violating the rules would also have its elections cancelled.

On his general assessment of the elections, the Commissioner observed that turnout was very poor in some parts of Gombe North, but that the situation was different in Gombe South.

“Turnout in some parts of Gombe North is not very impressive, but the Southern zone is general peaceful and turnout, impressive,” he added