Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will conduct fresh presidential and national assembly elections on Monday in various polling units in seven Local Government Areas of Abia.
Gatekeepers News reports that INEC Administration Secretary in charge of Abia State, Clement Oha disclosed this while addressing reporters in Umuahia on Sunday.
He said the fresh elections will commence by 8:00 am.
He identified the affected LGAs as: Obingwa, Osisioma, Aba North, Aba South, Umuahia North, Ohafia, and Arochukwu.
On the reason for the fresh polls, he explained that: ”We had various degrees of discrepancies with respect to the procedures that were violent to some extent.
“The Commission in their wisdom felt that the credibility of the election should not be compromised, and that there should be no winner by default. So, election must take place in the affected polling units tomorrow (Monday)”.
