About 41 National Assembly seats covering eight Senatorial districts and 33 Federal constituencies will be conducted with the Governorship and Assembly elections this weekend, according to THE NATION.
While the Senatorial election did not hold in one Senatorial district (Enugu East) as a result of the death of the candidate of the Labour party, it also did not hold in one federal constituency in Edo state (Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben) because of the omission of the logo of one of the parties.
The National Assembly elections in Sokoto State have been suspended with the supplementary polls involving the three Senatorial districts and 11 federal constituencies.
The rescheduled elections in Sokoto and 14 other States will hold on Saturday.
The States where Senatorial elections will hold are Enugu (Enugu East); Kebbi (Kebbi North); Plateau (Plateau Central); Yobe (Yobe South); Zamfara( Zamfara Central) and Sokoto (Sokoto East, North, and South).
Also, supplementary elections will hold in two Federal Constituencies in Akwa Ibom (Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika and Ikono/In), Edo (Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben and Orhionmwon/Uhunmwode); Imo (Ikeduru/Mbaitoli and Isu/Njaba/Nkwere/Nwangele), Kano (Doguwa/Tudun Wada and Fagge); Kebbi (Arewa/Dandi and Koko/Besse/Maiyoma), Oyo (Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East and Oluyole); Rivers (Gokana/Khana and Port Harcourt II) as well as Zamfara (Gummi/Bukkuyum and Gusau/Tsafe).
The elections will also hold in one federal constituency in Taraba (Takum/Donga/Ussa), Kogi (Bassa/Dekina), Jigawa (Gumel/Maigatari/Sule Tankarkar/Gagarawa), Ebonyi (Ezza North/Ishielu), Bayelsa (Southern Ijaw) and Anambra (Igbaru).
Although House Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa was initially declared the winner of the Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recanted, saying the results were declared under duress. The Governorship and Assembly Elections will hold in 1,021 constituencies made up of 28 Governorship seats and 993 Assembly seats.
As of the time of this report, the Commission was yet to release the number of candidates that will be taking part in the election across the 18 political parties with the inclusion of candidates by the orders of the courts.
