The governorship and state assembly elections fixed for March 11 has been postponed till March 18 by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC).
The Head of Voter Education, Publicity, Gender and Civil Society Organisation of INEC in Ondo State, Funke Segun-Osifeso, confirmed the postponement.
She said, “This is to inform you that the House of Assembly election has been officially postponed till Saturday 18/02/2023.
“Therefore, the distribution exercise slated for tomorrow has been cancelled. I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”
It was gathered that that shift was as a result of the commission’s inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, machines on time.
A source in INEC revealed that another reason the election may be postponed is insecurity.
The source said: “Some of the Adhoc staff are afraid to come out to conduct the March 11 elections because of what happened during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.”
It would be recalled that the Court of Appeal, on Wedneday, gave the commission the go-ahead to reconfigure the BVAS used for the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls in readiness for the state elections.
Metronetworknews gathered that the INEC hierarchy, was still meeting over the matter last night and was yet to clear the issue at press time.
