The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced yesterday that polls will not be held in around 240 polling units across 28 states during the upcoming general elections.
He warned that the commission will not accept a situation in which two or more party agents report to polling locations at the same time, generating confusion. He went on to say that any agent discovered engaging in such actions would be detained and prosecuted. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said yesterday at a consultative meeting with leaders of the 18 registered political parties that with the exclusion of the 240 voting units, the election will take place in about 176,606 polling units across the country.
The INEC chairman spoke just as the National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Sani told the commission to do everything possible to ensure that the election takes place, saying “under no circumstances should this election be postponed”.
The number of polling units where elections would not take place ranges from one in Edo, Kwara, Rivers, and Zamfara states to 38 in Imo State, which has the most polling units where elections will not take place.
According to Prof. Yakubu, the impacted polling units have no registered voters.
Abia (12), Adamawa (4), Anambra (6), Bauchi (6), Bayelsa (2), Benue (10), Borno (12), Delta (4), Enonyi (4), Edo (1), Enugu (4), Imo (38), Jigawa (3), Kaduna (8), Kano (10), Katsina (12), Kebbi (5), Kwara (1), Lagos (3), Nasarawa (11) (11).
