- The court-ordered rerun elections will be held in one Senatorial district of Plateau Central, and 13 federal constituencies
- No fewer than 8,500 Bimodal Voters Authentication System and over 35,000 ad-hoc staff would be deployed for the elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), said no fewer than 4,613,197 Permanent Voters’ Cards have been collected by voters for the February 3 rerun/by-elections.
The INEC made this known in a document posted on its X handle on Sunday.
According to the document released by INEC, 2,189,171 PVCs were collected by voters for the by-elections while 2,424,026 PVCs were collected for the rerun elections.
It was learnt that no fewer than 8,500 Bimodal Voters Authentication System and over 35,000 ad-hoc staff would be deployed for the elections.
According to the commission, 74 domestic observers and one international observer will observe the February 3 elections.
By-elections will be conducted in two senatorial districts; (Ebonyi South, Ebonyi State and Yobe East, Yobe State); three state constituencies, (Chibok State Constituency, Borno State; Chikun State constituency, Kaduna State; and Guma State Constituency, Benue State); and four federal constituencies, (Akoko North East/Akoko North-West Federal Constituency, Ondo State; Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency, Taraba State; Surulere 1 Federal Constituency, Lagos State; and Yauri/Shanga/Ngaski Federal Constituency, Kebbi State.)
The court-ordered rerun elections will be held in one Senatorial district of Plateau Central, and 13 federal constituencies.
The Federal constituencies include Surulere 1 (Lagos), Gauri/Shanta/Ingaski and Arewa/Dandi (Kebbi), Akoko North East/North West (Ondo), Jalingo/Yorro/Zing (Taraba), Ikono/Ini (Akwa Ibom); Akamkpa/Biase (Cross River State); and Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency of (Sokoto State).
Others are Nnewi North/Nnewi South and Orumba North/Orumba South (Anambra), Igbo Eze North/Udenu (Enugu), Birnin Kudu/Buji (Jigawa), Igabi and Kachia/Kagarko (Kaduna), Faskari/Kankara/Sabuwa (Katsina), Jos North/Bases (Plateau) and Fine/Fune (Yobe).
Rerun elections would be held in the following state constituencies, (Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Sokoto, and Zamfara.).