Highlight
- INEC says all outstanding supplementary elections are to be held on April 15
- The Commission came to the decision after a meeting held on March 27 according to INEC
- Supplementary Governorship elections will be held in Adamawa and Kebbi State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that a supplementary election will be held on April 15 for the governorship, National and State Assembly elections.
This was revealed on Monday by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman.
Rotimi, who noted that a detailed statement will be released shortly said the decision was made after a meeting held today.
“Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has decided that all outstanding governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will take place on Saturday 15th April 2023.
“A detailed official statement will follow shortly,” Oyekanmi said.
INEC’s statement: in a more statement signed by Festus Okoye, the Commission’s spokesperson, INEC noted that supplementary Governorship elections will be held in Adamawa and Kebbi States, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 Federal and 58 State Assembly constituencies.
The Commission said “The Commission met today Monday 27th March 2023 and reviewed the areas where supplementary elections are required to conclude the outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly elections across the country.
It will be recalled that 26 State Governorship, 104 Senatorial, 329 Federal and 935 State constituency elections have been concluded and winners declared.
“Consequently, supplementary Governorship elections will be held in Adamawa and Kebbi States, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 Federal and 58 State Assembly constituencies. Owing to the competitive nature of the elections, especially for legislative seats, supplementary elections will be held in just a few polling units in some constituencies.
“A comprehensive list of the polling units by State, Local Government, Registration Area, registered voters and PVCs collected will be published on our website on or before Wednesday 29th March 2023.
“Meanwhile, the Commission has fixed Saturday 15th April 2023 for the conduct of the supplementary elections in the affected polling units nationwide.
We appeal to all political parties, candidates and stakeholders to note the date and locations of the supplementary elections. The earlier accreditation for polling and collation agents, observers and the media still subsists for the supplementary elections.
“The Commission once again urges political parties, candidates and their supporters to see the exercise as an election and not war. They should avoid incendiary statements and negative mobilization so that the elections can be conducted and concluded.”
