INEC postpones House of Reps election in 3 LGAs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Representatives election in Esan Central, Esan West and Igueben federal constituencies in Edo State. Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Benin, the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Obo Efanga said the postponement was due to some errors discovered in the ballot papers According to […]
INEC chairman, Prof Mohmood Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Representatives election in Esan Central, Esan West and Igueben federal constituencies in Edo State.
Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Benin, the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Obo Efanga said the postponement was due to some errors discovered in the ballot papers
According to him, the elections for the House of Representatives in Esan Central, Esan West and Igueben federal constituency were moved to March 11 due to errors found in the ballot papers.
On the delays in the arrival of materials to some polling units, he explained that there may be various reasons why materials may not have arrived.
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“But eventually, the materials arrived and elections commenced.
For some places where there are still people on the line as at 2.30pm, we expect them to keep voting until the last person on the line has voted,” he said.