The ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Paty, were the only parties that fielded candidates in the Saturday’s bye-election for Toro Federal Constituency of Bauche state, INEC reveals.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Bauchi, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Toro on Saturday.

He listed the two candidates as Mr Yusuf Nuhu of the APC and Alhaji Shehu Umar of the PDP.

He said that INEC had recruited 1,550 ad hoc staff to man 1,553 polling units in the 11 wards within the federal constituency.

He gave the assurance that the election would be free and fair.

NAN correspondent monitoring the polls reports that both electoral officials and election materials arrived early in all the polling units visited.

Recalled that Toro Federal Constituency seat became vacant when the member representing the constituency, Lawan Yahaya Gumau contested and won the Bauchi South Senate seat in a bye-election election held on August 11.

The bye-election was held following the death of Senator Ali Wakili who represented Bauchi South in the Senate.