INEC Debunks Report On Supplementary Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the public to disregard any report suggesting the conduct of supplementary elections alongside the governorship and state assembly elections today.

The nation’s electoral body stated that the news report suggesting that the commission intends to conduct supplementary elections arising from the presidential and national assembly elections together with the governorship and state assembly elections is false and misleading.

National commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this yesterday in a statement made available to newsmen.

He, however, said this should not be confused with the two national assembly elections earlier suspended by the commission and rescheduled to hold along with the governorship and state assembly elections.

Okoye said: “First is the Enugu East Senatorial District election which was countermanded to allow the Labour Party conduct a fresh primary election to replace its deceased candidate in line with the provision of Section 34(1) of the Electoral Act 2022.

“The second is the Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben Federal Constituency of Edo State following issues with the ballot paper for the election. These are not supplementary but main elections that could not be held earlier.”