Ossy Prestige's death: INEC fixes March 27 for Aba North/South by- election
Afnews Editor
Feb 26, 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 27 for the Aba North/South by-election in Abia State.
Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, disclosed this in a statement.
The commission met on Thursday for talks on issues including the federal constituency by-election.
The official notification for the Aba election would be published on March 1.
The election will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ossy Prestige, the constituency's former representative.
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Parties shall conduct their primaries between March 4 and March 10. The last day for submission of list of nominated candidates is at 6p.m. on March 16.
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Parties are expected to submit the names of their Polling Agents for the election to the Electoral Officers on or before March 19.
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Similarly, campaigns by political parties and candidates shall end on March 25.
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Okoye said access code for the nomination forms shall be available for collection from March 10 at the commission's headquarters.
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"We enjoin political parties to note that under Section 31(8) of the Electoral Act, a political party which presents to the Commission the name of a candidate who does not meet the qualifications stipulated in the Constitution and the Electoral Act shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a maximum fine of N500, 000," he said.
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