INEC prepares for bye election in Abia state

The Independent National Electoral Commission said all the sensitive and non-sensitive materials required for the conduct of Aba north/south federal constituency bye-election in Abia state, have been delivered.

Chairman information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement the preparations for the conduct of Aba north/south federal constituency bye-election in Abia state, scheduled to hold on March 27 2021 is in focus.

Okoye hinted that a total of 498,390 registered voters are expected to cast their ballots at 609 polling units spread across 24 registration areas in the two local government areas of the constituency.

The commission will deploy over 2,970 officials for the election.