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We conducted 137 polls in nine months - INEC



Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu yesterday said the commission conducted 137 rerun elections in the last nine months.

The commission has scheduled five more elections, including two governorship elections; Edo and Ondo states, and two rerun elections this weekend in Sokoto and Oyo states.


Prof. Yakubu spoke when he received a delegation, led by outgoing factional leader of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Bashir, accompanied by the chairman, Mohammed Lawal Naldo, of the Accord Party, and other executive members.

Yakubu noted that the commission, under his watch, conducted the highest number of rerun elections.

He said: “Since the new commission was sworn in last November, we have so far conducted nothing less than 137 elections, ranging from by elections.”

INEC boss hailed IPAC for closing its gap, especially when the commission intervened in the leadership crisis, which led to the fractionalisation of the group.

He described a unified IPAC as an effective medium to communicate with political parties in the country.

Yakubu sought support of the group in the amendment process of the Electoral Law.

Naldo said the group would intervene into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crisis.

He will take over on August 25, 2016.

The IPAC chair said he would set up a committee to look into the crisis in PDP to ensure its quarrel was resolved.

He assured INEC that the group under his watch would back as a strong stakeholder in the democratic process.
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