The appointment followed the conclusion of the term of office of the former Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega
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The state electoral commission had said it would use the voters’ registers from INEC for the May 23 council polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Akpabio the winner of the March 28 senatorial election for Akwa Ibom North West District
Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday
The rerun election was called following the cancellation of reaults in some polling unita in the earlier election on April 11
In my office, it was only me and the late Tunde Idiagbon, we discussed and agreed that the main problem of Nigeria was indiscipline. If we could get majority of Nigerians to accept, which ever level they were, we will make a lot of progress
The decision was announced on Monday evening by the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba
INEC said there would be a supplementary election within 30 days
INEC resumed the compilation after the resolution of a face-off over the outcome of the election in three areas
The latest states in the kitty of the APC were Benue and Plateau States, which were declared late on Sunday and in the wee hours of Monday respectively
The returning officer, however, reversed the decision to cancel the results in the areas after Governor Theodore Orji-led chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party consulted with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Selina Oko, and Ozumba
Ahmed was declared the winner of the poll on Sunday evening by the Independent National Electoral Commission
The leader of African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development, Humphrey Bekaren, who spoke on behalf of the observers, made the call in Port Harcourt
10 corps members were also arrested together with Akpan
INEC said the crisis had nothing to do with the commission’s preparation for the election
While recalling the prediction that the country would disintegrate in 2015, Gowon declared that those who made the prediction did not reckon with Nigeria’s ability to solve its problems
A statement on Monday by the Secretary of INEC, Augustate Ogakwu, said there will not be exemption on the card readers for the April 11 elections
As a matter of fact, the nation has joined the rank of nations that conduct peaceful, credible and acceptable elections
Minkaila died along with his wife and two children in the early hours of Friday following an outbreak of fire in his official residence on Kashim Road, Nasarawa GRA, Kano
The spokesman of the Independent Electoral Commission in Kano State, Mallam Garba, confirmed the incident