The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that no election would take place in 240 polling places nationwide before the next general elections.
Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, made this announcement on Monday at a meeting with the 18 political party leaders taking place at the commission’s Abuja headquarters.
Yakubu said that, primarily for security reasons, no newly registered voters selected the polling places and that, during the most recent continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, no electors expressed an interest in shifting to them.
“This means that no elections will hold in these polling units,” Yakubu said.
He revealed that the polling units are located in Edo, Kwara, Rivers and Zamfara and Imo States.
According to him, Imo State has the highest share with 28 polling units.