INEC suspends supplementary election in Bayelsa constituency

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the supplementary election in Brass constituency 1 of Bayelsa state.

In a statement on Saturday, Monday Udoh, the state’s resident electoral commission (REC), said the decision was based on a court order to add missing polling units in the area.

On Friday, a federal high court in Yenagoa, the state capital, had ordered the commission to include omitted units in the rerun election in the constituency.

Udoh said out of the three constituencies scheduled for the election, it will only hold in two, including Southern-Ijaw IV and Ogbia 11.

“INEC wishes to inform the good people of Bayelsa that the supplementary polls to conclude results in three constituencies namely: Brass 1, Ogbia 11, and Souther-Ijaw IV, is holding on March 23 with the exception of Brass 1,” Udoh said.

“The conduct of supplementary in Brass 1, ward 6 polling units 11-16 has been put on hold by an interlocutory order of the Federal High Court in Yenagoa in suit No: FHC/YNG/CS/41/2019 and dated march 22.

“The supplementary elections in the other two constituencies are holding as scheduled. We wish to inform that necessary arrangements are already in place for a hitch free exercise in those two constituencies.

“As law abiding agency, the commission will inform the stakeholders as soon as the court order is dispensed with on Brass constituency 1.”