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INEC sets Sept. 19 for by-elections in four Nigerian states

From Vanguard · () English

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  • INEC scheduled five by-elections in four Nigerian states for Sept. 19.
  • The contests include one federal constituency and four state constituencies.
  • The date was disclosed by INEC chairman’s chief press secretary Tunde Oketola in Abuja.

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Sept. 19 for five by-elections in four states: Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta.

The contests will cover one federal constituency and four state constituencies, according to Tunde Oketola, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman. He disclosed the schedule in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

The federal election will take place in the Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency. State constituency elections are scheduled for Disina and Sakwa in Bauchi State, and Udu and Dawakin Kudu in Delta and Kano states, respectively.

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