Lagos bye election: INEC okays 268, 942 voters
Only
268, 942 of the 340, 634 registered voters in Ifako/Ijaiye Federal
Constituency in Lagos can vote in Saturday’s bye election in the
constituency, an official has said.
Mr Clement Oha, Administrative Secretary of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, said that only 268,942
registered voters in the constituency possessed Permanent Voter’s Cards
(PVCs).
Oha spoke to NAN on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ forum organised
by the commission with political parties involved in the election.
Oha said: “Only 268, 942 eligible voters have in their possession PVCs to exercise their voting right on Saturday election.
“We are no longer distributing PVCs; only these people will be
allowed to vote. We want to beg people who have no business with the
exercise to steer clear.”
He noted that some voters who had PVCs might have relocated from the constituency while some might have died.
Oha said that INEC was ready for the poll, and urged voters to arrive at their polling units early.
He said that accreditation and voting would commence simultaneously at 8a.m.
He said that accreditation and voting would commence simultaneously at 8a.m.
The official said that INEC would conduct free, fair and transparent poll.
Oha urged politicians and their supporters to be peaceful before, during and after the poll.
He said that the constituency had 335 polling units and 687 voting
points, urging party agents to cooperate with INEC for a successful
poll.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the six political
parties to contest in the poll are: Action Alliance (AA), Alliance for
Democracy (AD), African Democratic Party (ADC), All Progressives
Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic
Party (SDP).
The bye-election resulted from the death of Mr Elijah Adewale, who represented the constituency in the House of Representatives.
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