INEC suspends rescheduled Presidential, NASS elections in Abia

The rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections in seven local government areas of Abia State have been put on hold by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC.

A new date will be announced in due course, according to Mrs. Rebecca Jim, Head, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Abia, who made this announcement in a statement.

She declared: “The proposed election in Abia scheduled for Monday, February 27, 2023 has been postponed in polling units where election could not be held on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

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“You will be informed as soon as a new date is available.

We deeply regret any inconveniences.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Clement Oha, the INEC administration secretary in charge of Abia, spoke to journalists about the upcoming election on Sunday in Umuahia.

He stated that various polling places in the local government areas of Aba North, Aba South, Arochukwu, Obingwa, Osisioma, Ohafia, and Umuahia North would host the election.

Oha clarified that the new poll was the result of various levels of inconsistencies in the procedures, some of which were somewhat violent.

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“The commission, in their wisdom, felt that there shouldn’t be a winner by default and that the integrity of the election should be preserved.

So tomorrow (Monday), elections must be held in the affected polling places, he had said.