The supplementary poll is between incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP and the runner-up, APC’s Aishatu Binani.
For this reason, voters and stakeholders agreed that the elections should be rescheduled.
The electoral body said the suspension was to address issues from outstanding LGAs in the two states.
Such a person is liable to arrest and prosecution.
“We as a responsible organisation have taken steps to rectify some of the challenges we had and made sure that going into March 18 elections.”
INEC gave the assurance amidst complaints about the fiasco that trailed Saturday’s elections.
We take full responsibility for the problems and regret the distress that they have caused the candidates, political parties and the electorate.
The poor-resolution documents could undercut any meaningful use of a system that INEC said was designed to increase transparency.
Mr Okoye said that the shortcode was part of INEC Citizens Contact Centre (ICCC) aimed at combating fake news by giving out authentic information to Nigerians.
No individual is permitted to go to the polling units and provide any other means of identification other than the PVC.
