MON 08 NOV 2021-theGBJournal- The Independent National Electoral Commission Monday adjusted the voting timeline for the Ihiala LGA supplementary election, after the results was called inconclusive.
The result collation for the governorship election was suspended Sunday by the State collation and returning officer forcing the INEC to reschedule the election for Tuesday, 9 November, and in line with the extant rules and regulation the Commission has made what it called a slight adjustment to the commencement and closing time for the election.
‘’Accordingly, polling in respect of the supplementary election for the Ihiala Local Government will commence Tuesday at 10 am and end at 4pm,’’ INEC said,
INEC said, this decision, which will be strictly complied with, and has been taken following a careful review of the prevailing situation in Anambra State and is being widely shared with stakeholders and security agencies.
INEC have collated results for twenty (20) out of twenty-one (21) Local Government Areas. The outstanding result is for Ihiala Local Government Area where, for various reasons, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not deploy yesterday.
‘’ Section 179 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) provides that to be declared the winner of the Governorship election, a candidate must secure both the highest number of votes cast and 25% of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the Local Government Areas of the State. Therefore, it is important to complete the election in Ihiala Local Government Area in order to make that determination,’’ the returning officer for the state’s governorship election, Professor Florence Banku Obi said today while addressing the press on suspension of collation of results in Ihiala LGA.
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