We’re Ready For Oji River Supplementary Election – INEC

The Independent National Elec­toral Commission (INEC) says it has made adequate preparation and arrangements for the forth­coming Oji River State Constit­uency Supplementary Election in Enugu State.

The INEC Head of Depart­ment, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) in Enugu State, Mr Rex Achumie disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu on Friday.

INEC has scheduled Satur­day, April 15, for the Oji River State Constituency Supplemen­tary Election.

It would be recalled that INEC declared Oji River State Constit­uency inconclusive following the inability of election to hold at a polling unit on March 18.

Achumie noted that the sup­plementary election “is no big deal with the commission since it is only a polling unit in con­tention.

“We have made adequate ar­rangements and preparation for Oji River Supplementary Elec­tion and we envisage a seamless and successful election.

“Our staff are already on ground with necessary electoral materials for a seamless supple­mentary election. The security aspect has been taken care of.
“The commission has sent out a publication and procla­mation for the supplementary election in the mass media and in the community concerned about the supplementary elec­tion a week now for them to get prepared,” he said.

According to him, “we are ready to go and I believe that political parties involved are ready too.”

There are feelers that the outcome of the supplementary election would determine who would win the House of Assem­bly seat for Oji River State Con­stituency between candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP).