INEC TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS ON SUNDAY IN 141 POLLING UNITS WITHIN YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE

Following the violence which marred the Presidential election in some parts of Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will conduct elections on Sunday, February 26th in 141 polling units within Yenagoa, the state capital.

Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement while briefing newsmen journalists at the collation centre in Abuja today, citing that elections were disrupted in Wards 4, 6, 8, and 14, involving 141 polling units.

According to him, this agreement was reached after the Commission had a meeting with security agencies in the state.

“So we met with security agencies and we’ve decided that voting in these 141 polling units where the materials are actually intact, will take place tomorrow morning. Remember, we’re not only doing presidential election, but we are also doing Senatorial and Federal constituencies.

“So it’s good to recover and conduct the elections so that we can conclude the processes. The youth corps members who are serving as presiding officers and other commission staff, are agreeable that the elections should hold tomorrow morning,” the INEC boss asserted.