Nigeria, March 21 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will proceed with supplementary elections in Bauchi State on Saturday.

The commission says a court order barring it from collating and announcing results only applied to Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area in Bauchi.

"It should, however, be noted that the litigation and consequential order only affects the collation of results for the governorship election in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area," he said.

The result of Tafawa Balewa local government was not announced after the March 9 governorship election because the result sheet was initially torn by thugs.

Although the INEC official at the local government later collated the result on a separate resul...