By Ahead of the December 5 rescheduled Lagos East bye-elections, the The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that a total of 1,168,790 voters will be voting during the elections.
This was disclosed by INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Olumekun while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. The REC explained the voters were those who possessed Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in the senatorial district.
Olumekun further stated that the 1,343,448 registered voters spread across 71 wards, 1,928 polling units and 188 voting points in the district across the five local government areas comprising Somolu, Kosofe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu and Epe.
He said 280,363 registered voters from Kosofe State Constituency II would participate in the Lagos State House of Assembly’s bye-election holding the same day. The INEC boss added that not all the registered voters are in possession of PVCs to participate in the elections.
Olumekun said that the registered voters for the Kosofe Constituency II by-election were spread across the six wards located in Ketu-Alapere, Ikosi/Ketu, Isheri/Olowo-Ora, Agboyi I, Agboyi II and Odo-Ogun/Ajegunle.
The two bye-elections was initially fixed for October 31, but rescheduled for December 5 because of the October EndSARS protests.
While expressing the commission’s readiness for the elections, the INEC boss said that the electoral umpire has been addressing some of the technical challenges regarding the functionality of the Smart Card Readers and the latest technology, Z pad.
The forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial Bye-election will be contested by a total number of 12 candidates on the platform of different political parties. Also, eight candidates from various political parties will be contesting the Kosofe Constituency II, Lagos State House of Assembly by-election.
