Update on By-elections and re-runs ongoing in 26 states.
The Independent National Electoral Commission is conducting by-elections and re-runs in 26 states today, which the elections are holding in 80 Local Government Areas across 575 registration areas and 8,934 polling units.
The 26 states include Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Sokoto and Zamfara.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, revealed that 4,904,627 million voters registered before the elections while only 4,613,291 million permanent voter cards were collected.
In Enugu, there is voter apathy in Udenu, while materials distributed in Igboeze North.
Very few voters turned out today for accreditation and voting in the rerun election holding in Udenu and Igboeze Northlocal government areas of Enugu State.
