Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls: Is INEC ready for the big day? Details emerge as INEC makes fresh move

  • Nigeria’s electoral body has expressed readiness to conduct the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi State
  • Chairman of the electoral body, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, announced that over 46,000 ad hoc staff have been deployed to the three states
  • He also stated that the deployment of non-sensitive materials has been done as he confirmed the conclusion of mock accreditation

FCT, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Friday, October 20, that it has already dispatched all the non-sensitive materials for the upcoming governorship elections on November 11 in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states.

The commission’s chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, announced this during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja.