There is uneasy calm in Taraba state following the suspension of collation of the governorship election results from 8pm on Sunday to 12:noon on Monday.

Some party agents at the INEC collation center in Jalingo have called on the National headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission to bring a new collation officer to preside over the collation process in the state.

It would be recalled that the collation officer for governorship election in the state, Prof. Shehu Iya of the Modibo Adama University, Yola, had on Sunday collated the governorship results of Gassol and Zing local government areas leaving over 10 LGAs and adjourned till 12noon on Monday for the continuation of the process.

Sam Ada who addressed journalists along side other party agents in Jalingo on Monday morning accused the collation officer for the governorship election in the state, Prof. Shehu Iya of the Modibo Adama University, Yola of playing in the hands of some politicians by suspending the collation of results for 14 hours without any concrete reason.

Ada who commended the national chairman of the INEC Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for the smooth conduct of election of in the state called on him not to allow the collation officer to tarnish his hard earn reputation by trying to manipulate the people’s mandate.

Other political party agents who were at the press briefing demanded that the collation officer should give reasons why collation of election results was suspended for over 14 hours while results of various local government were ready for collation.

“We demand to know the reasons behind the suspension of governorship results here in Taraba, the world is watching us.

“We must know what is the problem, there is no crisis, there are no hitches, the environment is conducive, we the political parties are ready for collation, but only for INEC to take just two local government and suspend the collation for over 14 hours,” they said.