2023 Polls: INEC Clarifies Possibility of Not Holding Governorship, House of Assembly Elections

• INEC has said that the scheduled March 11 governorship and states' house of assembly elections will not be moved
• The electoral body also disclosed that the rescheduled elections in Edo and Enugu would also be conducted simultaneously with the governorship and state assembly election
• Festus Okoye, the spokesperson of the INEC, made this known after a meeting at the commission and added that issues arising from the February 25 elections were also discussed

FCT, Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the March 11 governorship and the house of assembly elections will hold according to the commission's schedule.

Festus Okoye, INEC's national commissioner for information, made the confirmation in a statement following the commission's meeting on Thursday, March 2, New Telegraph reported.

Okoye also said the rescheduled elections in Enugu and Edo states would be conducted on Saturday, March 11, along with the state governorship and house of assembly elections.

Read also

Fresh drama as APC accuses opposition parties of using Russian, Israeli hackers to sabotage INEC's server

Latest about INEC, 2023 election

He added that the commission is aware that declarations and returns were not made in some senatorial districts and federal constituencies, adding that the electoral umpire is compiling the lists of the affected constituencies.

According to him:

"A date for supplementary elections will be fixed after the governorship and state Assembly elections,”

Okoye also revealed that issues relating to the Saturday, February 25 presidential and national assembly election were tabled at the meeting.

Fresh question for INEC to answer as Rivers election result sheet is allegedly found in a bush

Legit.ng earlier reported that controversies have continued to trail the result of the 2023 presidential and national assembly election held last Saturday, February 25.

The failure of INEC to upload the results from the polling units on its iRev portal took the lead in the controversies surrounding the poll.

Read also

2023: Politically affiliated INEC RECs cleared by Senate blamed for lapses during presidential polls

The latest controversy is the video claiming that the Rivers state election result sheet was found in the bush.

In the video shared by Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council, on his Twitter page on Thursday, March 2.

Source: Legit.ng