The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct supplementary governorship elections in Kebbi and Adamawa states on April 15.
INEC had earlier declared the governorship elections of March 18 in both states as inconclusive.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, the commission said the supplementary elections for national and state assembly elections would also hold on April 15.
“Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has decided that all outstanding governorship, national and state assembly supplementary elections will take place on Saturday 15th April 2023,” the statement said.
The electoral body said “a detailed official statement” will be released on the supplementary elections.
Before the election was declared inconclusive in Adamawa, Ahmadu Fintiri, the incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had won 13 LGAs, while Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had secured victory in seven.
In Kebbi, the poll was declared inconclusive because of “massive vote cancellation and over-voting” in 20 of the 21 LGAs in the state.
The returning officer said the total number of registered voters was 2,032,041 out of which the APC polled 388,258 and the PDP garnered 342,980, leaving a difference of 45,278.
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