The first round of voting has started in Kebbi, Adamawa, and the other 22 states holding supplemental elections today.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reports that there are 2,660 voting places today, spread throughout 185 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 24 states of the Federation.
According to news reports, voting has started in the Karyo/ Umijin Nana/Baban Dutsi polling unit of the Maurida ward in the Birnin-Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State due to the overwhelming presence of party agents there.
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Three Karyo/ Umijin Nana/Baban Dutsi polling places are located in the Baban Dutsi Model Primary School, where the presidential election of February 25 was called off due to excessive voting.
Additionally, the Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency and Port Harcourt Federal Constituency Two have begun holding additional elections.
Elections were held in Ward 5 and Wards 10 to 18 of Port Harcourt Federal Constituency Two, with 377 voting places. Elections were held in Khana Local Government Area’s Wards 4 and 7 in Khana/Gokana. In Khana, there are 42 impacted voting units.
In the Adamawa governorship election, incumbent Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 421,524 votes, while Senator Aishatu Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) received 390,275.
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Similar results occurred in Kebbi, where the APC received 388,258 votes compared to the PDP’s 342,980, prompting INEC Returning Officer Professor Yusuf Sa’idu to declare the election inconclusive.
According to him, the choice was influenced by violence, the destruction of voting materials, interference with the electoral process, and excessive voting.
All eyes will be on the two states, each of which has 20 local government areas (LGAs) participating in the second round of voting, as both governorship elections have been deemed inconclusive.
Voting is anticipated to take place in 69 polling units (PUs) for Adamawa, with 37,706 eligible voters, and 142 PUs for Kebbi, with 94,209 voters.
The five senate seats in Kebbi North, Sokoto East, Sokoto North, Sokoto South, and Zamfara Central, on the other hand, would be decided by additional elections.
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In Kebbi North, a total of 13,243 voters in 23 PUs are eligible to participate in the exercise. In Sokoto East, there are 87,138 eligible voters in 169 PUs. Sokoto North has 115,266 eligible voters in 185 PUs, and Sokoto South has 85,022 collected PVCs across 156 PUs. In Zamfara Central, there are 83 PUs affected, comprising eligible 47,227 voters.
Likewise, House of Representatives polls hold in a total of 31 constituencies across 15 states, namely Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara.
As for the state House of Assembly elections, a total of 59 constituencies in 17 states are involved. They are Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Ogun, Taraba, and Yobe.
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