INEC'S UPDATES ON ENUGU AND EDO SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTIONS

After the February 25 presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Thursday that it will hold additional elections in senatorial and federal constituencies where returns had not been made.

This was mentioned in a statement made in Abuja by Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education.

He said, "The Commission is aware that in some Senatorial Districts and Federal Constituencies, Declarations and Returns were not made.

"The Commission is compiling the list of the affected constituencies. A date for supplementary elections will be fixed after the Governorship and State Assembly elections."

Okoye also mentioned that on Thursday, INEC held its regularly scheduled weekly meeting and discussed a number of topics, including the upcoming elections in the Esan Central/Esan West and Igueben Federal Constituencies in Edo State, the Enugu East Senatorial District, and the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Commission would also hold the Governorship and State Assembly elections on March 11, 2023, in addition to the newly planned polls in the states of Edo and Enugu.