The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the postponement of all the bye-elections scheduled to hold on October 31 in six senatorial districts till further notice.
The decision to postpone the by-elections was arrived at, after reviewing the current security issues in the country with its Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC).
Nine state constituencies were affected, however, INEC has said that it would review the decision in two weeks time.
A statement issued by the National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, said that the postponement decisioncomplied with Section 26 (2) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).
Okoye said: “The commission has decided to postpone the bye-elections in the six senatorial districts and nine state constituencies.
“This decision is in compliance with Section 26 (2) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), which gives the commission the power to postpone an election if there is reason to believe that a serious breach of the peace is likely to occur if the election is proceeded with on that date, or that it is impossible to conduct the elections as a result of natural disasters or other emergencies”.
