The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Tuesday, November 9 for a supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Returning Officer for Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Professor Florence Obi, announced this in the early hours of Monday.
The decision to hold supplementary elections in Ihiala LGA follows the failure of INEC to conduct elections there on Saturday.
According to Professor Obi, this failure was due to security challenges which made it impossible for the electoral body to deploy materials and personnel in the LGA.
She explained that the collation of results could not be concluded and a winner declared without elections in the LGA.
Ihiala is the only one of Anambra’s 21 LGAs where elections could not hold.
Results were announced for all other LGAs with the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Charles Soludo, winning in 18 of the 20 LGAs for which results were declared.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has also suspended the collation of results for the Anambra State governorship election.
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