The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
will on Saturday conduct 22 re-run elections across eight states of the
federation.The rerun elections range from Senatorial, Federal
constituency and State Assembly.
Eight Appeal Courts sitting in different parts of
the country had ordered the rerun elections following the 2015 general polls
and directed INEC to conduct them from January to March 2016.
A statement from the Commission yesterday indicated
that preparations were at top gear to ensure hitch-free elections in Benue,
Kaduna, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Taraba and Imo states.
The elections will conduct four Senatorial
elections, three federal constituency elections and fifteen state constituency
elections.
The Senatorial elections will be conducted in Benue
South Senatorial district; Imo North Senatorial district; Kogi Central
Senatorial district and Kogi East Senatorial district.
Similarly, the Federal Constituency elections will
hold in Okene/Ogori-Magongo of Kogi State, Lafia/Obi of Nasarawa State and
Kurmi/Sardauna of Taraba State.
Fifteen State Constituency elections that will be
conducted across Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Plateau, Niger and Taraba states. They
include: Imo: Isiala Mbano, Oru East, and Owerri West, Kaduna: Lere West, Kogi:
Ofu Sc, Ankpa 1, Idah, Dekina 1 and Dekina II (Okura), Niger: Suleja;
Plateau: Langtang South, Pankshin South and Pankshin
North, Taraba: Ardo Kola and Mbamga.
Meanwhile, INEC office in the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) is to present the Register of Voters to contestants and
political parties fielding candidates for the Chairmanship and Councillorship
elections today.
The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for the FCT,
Professor Jacob Jatau, who disclosed this yesterday, said the presentation was
in accordance with the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).
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