The Enugu State administration has declared a new date for the state’s local government elections.
Anaedoonline.ng is aware that the elections were originally scheduled to take place from February 24, 2024, to October 24, 2024.
But just one month before the planned council elections, the administration declared that the election would now take place at a later time in a formal announcement made public on Wednesday night by Mike Ajogu, SAN, the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission.
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Ajogu clarified that the schedule was postponed in response to a court ruling that mandated the commission alter its initial instructions and timeline that were published in the Enugu State official gazette on September 26, 2023.
According to him, the elections will now be conducted on October 5, 2024.
“The postponement was pursuant to a High Court Enugu State judgment delivered by his lordship Justice C. O. Ajah in the case of Action Alliance vs Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission in suit no E/682/2023.
“The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission has been ordered to make the following adjustment to its original guideline and timetable published in the official gazette of Enugu State and dated September 26 2023.
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“The Enugu State Local Government Election 2024, originally scheduled for February 24, has been shifted to October 5 2024,” he said.
SaharaReporters reports that an officer from the electoral commission criticised the postponement and contradicted the chairman’s announcement, saying in an interview with media on Wednesday that it was motivated by political reasons.
The official stressed that instead of giving the 120-day notice required by law, the commission ought to have given a 360-day notice.
“The court said we must follow the Independent National Electoral Commission guideline; that we cannot use a different guideline other than that of INEC, even though we have been using the local government law,” the official reportedly said.
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The official said there may likely be an appeal, but “that is not for us, it’s left to the state government to decide”.
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