Lagos bye-elections: INEC delivers non-sensitive materials to LGAs
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State said it had delivered non-sensitive materials for Saturday’s Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe Constituency II House of Assembly bye-elections to all the five affected councils in the area.
INEC spokesman, Femi Akinbiyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos that the commission would soon receive the sensitive materials for the elections.
Akinbiyi said that the receipt of the materials would be in the full glare of the political parties’ representatives, election observers, and the media.
“The non-sensitive materials have been delivered to various local governments already, and they have been batched into various registration areas (Wards).
“We are not leaving any stone unturned in our preparations to conduct free, fair, credible, and acceptable by-elections on Saturday in Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe State Constituency II,” INEC PRO said.
Akinbiyi said INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Sam Olumekun, has advised the people to come out en mass to exercise their franchise on Saturday in a peaceful and orderly manner.
He said the commissioner was poised about conducting elections that everyone including all participating political parties would be proud of.
He said that INEC in collaboration with security agencies had made adequate arrangements for the smooth and safe conduct of the election.
The five local government areas that make up the Lagos East Senatorial District are Somolu, Kosofe, Ikorodu, Epe, and Ibeju-Lekki.
Candidates from 12 political parties will be contesting in the Lagos East Senatorial bye-elections while eight candidates will be contesting the Kosofe Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly by-elections. Punch
