Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, has again said it has put all structures in place for electronic transmission of results.
INEC has announced the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) online pre-registration and physical biometric capturing exercises in Lagos.
“The suggestion by the National Assembly that to transmit results electronically, INEC has to clear with the NCC, that is absolutely unconstitutional.”
INEC scheduled the by-election following the demise of late lawmaker Suleiman Lere, who died in April this year.
Of the 120,600 Nigerians who had completed their physical registration, 72,075 were male, while 48,525 were female.
The shift is due to holidays declared by the federal government, the commission said.
INEC says it is worried about the continued deterioration of insecurity in the South-East amid preparations for the November 1 gubernatorial election.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to announce a comprehensive list of its new polling units across Nigeria next week.
“We broke the gate of INEC office because it was locked, only to see that fire has started from the storeroom in INEC building.”
“I saw flames of fire going up from the police station and INEC offices. But I cannot say whether people were killed or not because I did not go closer,” said the source.
