Politics
There Will Be No Election In 240 Polling Units
In about 240 polling places spread throughout 28 States of the federation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday, February 13, that elections will not take place.
This information was provided by INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a speech to the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) at INEC headquarters in Abuja before the polls.
He clarified that no registered voters are present in the concerned voting locations.
He said with the exclusion of the 240 polling units, election will take place in about 176,606 polling units across the country.
Yakubu said: ?There are 240 polling units without registered voters spread across 28 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in each State and the FCT, except Taraba and Imo States with 34 and 38 polling units respectively.
No new registrants chose the polling units and no voters indicated interest to transfer to them during the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), mainly for security reasons. This means that no elections will hold in these polling units.?
The Commission also warned that it will not accept a situation where two or more party agents report to the polling units and caused confusion. INEC added that any agent found to be engaged in such act will be arrested and prosecuted.
