The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the rescheduled rerun election for the Enugu South 1 State Constituency was postponed due to security reason. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday that the postponed election was cancelled earlier last
Hundreds of electorate in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Wednesday protested the withholding of the results emanating from the court-ordered supplementary election in the constituency. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced that some hoodlums disrupted the re-run election in the Enugu South 1 State Constituency.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday suspended the rerun and bye-elections in certain constituencies in the country following the outbreak of violence and other glaring irregularities that marred the exercise.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atigwe Simon as the winner of the rerun election for the Udenu/Igbo-Eze North Federal Constituency of Enugu State. INEC’s returning officer, Prof Nwachukwu J. Obiaku from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka declared the results of the controversial poll. SaharaReporters reported on Saturday that the election was characterised by missing result sheets, causing voters to insist that there would be no election without result sheets.