INEC: “There are 240 poling units without registered voters spread across 28 states and the FCT. They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in the states and FCT except Taraba and Imo State with 34 and 38 polling units respectively.”
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that elections will not be holding in 38 polling units in Imo State during the February 25 and March 11 general election.
The Commission also said that elections will not hold in 202 other polling units spread across 27 States of the federation
In all, elections, according to the umpire, will not hold in about 240 polling units across 28 States of the federation during the February 25 and March 11 general election.
But Imo State is the most affected.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this at a regular consultative meeting with leaders of the 18 registered political parties ahead of the elections said the affected polling units have no registered voters.
He said with the exclusion of the 240 polling units, election will take place in about 176,606 polling units across the country.
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He said, “There are 240 polling units without registered voters spread across 28 states and the FCT. They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in the states and FCT except Taraba and Imo State with 34 and 38 polling units respectively.
“No new registrant chose the polling units and no voter indicated interest to transfer to them during the last CVR mainly for security reasons. This means that no election would be held in these poling units”.
The Commission also warned that it will not accept a situation where two or more party agents report to the polling units, causing confusion, adding that any agent found to be engaged in such act will be arrested and prosecuted.
The poling units where elections will not hold are from one in Edo, Kwara, Rivers and Zamfara States to 38 in Imo State which has the highest.
Meanwhile, the Inter Party Advisory Council IPAC has kicked against any postponement of the election, saying under no condition should the polls be shifted.
“Mr Chairman, under no circumstances should this election be postponed says IPAC”, said IPAC chairman, Sani Yabagi.
