Mahmood Yakubu
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has stated that the commission will conduct four bye-election within the next 30 days.
Speaking on Wednesday at the opening of a regular meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja, Yakubu stated that the time-table and schedule of activities for the bye-elections will be made public on Friday.
He disclosed that the bye elections are, the National Assembly elections in respect of Bauchi South Senatorial district, Katsina North senatorial district and the Lokoja/Koton Karfe Federal constituency in Kogi state. While the fourth one, a state assembly is in respect of Obudu state constituency. The seats were declared vacant by the National Assembly and State Assembly.
Yakubu said: “The commission is set to conduct bye-elections to fill the vacancies in the four constituencies which have a total of over two (2million) million registered voters spread across 3,355 polling units in 234 wards and 22 Local Government Areas.”
“Consultations with stakeholders in the affected states are ongoing. Considering the requirement of the law that such elections shall be conducted by the commission within 30 days following the declaration of vacancy, we are planning to conduct all the four elections on the same date. The detailed timetable and scheduled of activities will be released on Friday this week.”