The verdict comes only one week after Kebbi and Adamawa states’ gubernatorial elections were deemed to be invalid.
Governorship, national, and state assembly supplemental elections will all take place on Saturday, April 15 according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The admission was made by the commission in a statement on Monday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission said that the next governorship, national, and state assembly supplemental elections will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2023, following today’s meeting.
The verdict comes only one week after Kebbi and Adamawa states’ gubernatorial elections were deemed to be invalid.
Due to violations of electoral regulations that resulted in the annulment of results in voting units within 20 of the state’s 21 local government districts, the election in Kebbi was ruled inconclusive last Monday (LGAs).
Professor Yusuf Sa’idu, INEC’s returning officer in the state, said that excessive voting, destruction of election-related documents, disruption of voting procedures, and violence all contributed to the poll being ruled inconclusive.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) was ahead in the polls until the election was ruled to be inconclusive, with 388,258 votes to the PDP’s 342,980.
Senator Aishatu Dahiru (also known as Binani), an APC candidate, received 390,275 votes in Adamawa, whereas incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, a PDP candidate, received 421,524 votes.
Prof. Muhammadu Mele of the University of Maiduguri, the INEC state collation officer, however, pronounced the election inconclusive because of the margin of votes.
“Elections were not held in 47 wards, which affected 69 voting places,” he declared. We now have a margin of 31,249 thanks to this. A total of 37,016 PVCs were gathered in locations where elections were not held.
Read full statement:
INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE
CONDUCT OF SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS
The Commission met today Monday 27th March 2023 and reviewed the areas where supplementary elections are required to conclude the outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly elections across the country.
It will be recalled that 26 State Governorship, 104 Senatorial, 329 Federal and 935 State constituency elections have been concluded and winners declared.
Consequently, supplementary Governorship elections will be held in Adamawa and Kebbi States, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 Federal and 58 State Assembly constituencies. Owing to the competitive nature of the elections, especially for legislative seats, supplementary elections will be held in just a few polling unit in some constituencies.
A comprehensive list of the polling units by State, Local Government, Registration Area, registered voters and PVCs collected will be published on our website on or before Wednesday 29th March 2023.
Meanwhile, the Commission has fixed Saturday 15th April 2023 for the conduct of the supplementary elections in the affected polling units nationwide.
We appeal to all political parties, candidates and stakeholders to note the date and locations of the supplementary elections. The earlier accreditation for polling and collation agents, observers and the media still subsists for the supplementary elections.
The Commission once again urges political parties, candidates and their supporters to see the exercise as an election and not war. They should avoid incendiary statements and negative mobilisation so that the elections can be conducted and concluded as scheduled.
Barr. Festus Okoye
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee
Monday 27th March 2023
