INEC Suspends Re-Run Elections In 20 Polling Units

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended re-run elections in 20 polling units across Kano, Enugu, and Akwa-Ibom states. The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. INEC had earlier stated that it was probing election disruptions that occurred during the rerun/by-elections in Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, and Kano states. The commission said, “Generally, polls opened promptly and accreditation going on smoothly in the 8,934 polling units in 26 states involved in today’s bye-elections and re-run elections. “However, we are monitoring reported disruption of processes by acts of…