BREAKING: INEC Releases Full List of Polling Units Where Elections Will Not Hold

BREAKING: INEC Releases Full List of Polling Units Where Elections Will Not Hold

  • Voting will not take place in 240 Polling Units, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced
  • The electoral body has also released the list of the affected polling units and explained why voting will not take place there
  • Meanwhile, INEC has also debunked the rumour that the 2023 presidential election may be postponed

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FCT, Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the full list of the 240 Polling Units across Nigeria where voting will not take place in the 2023 general elections.

The electoral body had earlier explained that voting will not take place in the affected Polling Units because they have no registered voters.

INEC Chairman/240 Polling Units/No Registered Voters
INEC on Monday, February 13, released the full list of the 240 Polling Units across Nigeria where voting will not take place in the 2023 general elections. Photo credit: INEC Nigeria
Source: Facebook

Check the full list in the link below:

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Nigerians react

Kemi Melody Adetunji said on Facebook:

"Okay, thank you for the information. Make we no hear say some people later voted for these areas Sha o."

Liion-King AkinNiyi Temitope said:

"My fellow Nigerians make una dey keep records ooo. Before the Constituted authorities start changing it for us. I rest my case. A better Nigeria is my dream."

Morris Obi asked:

"What about those people voting there before? or is it the new polling units??"

Ogar Philip Friday Wonah said:

"Then how were the polling units created if they can't produce just a single voter??"

Ibrahim Inuwa said:

"If INEC is not ready for election, they should please postpone it. Every Nigerian has the right to vote and be voted."

Nwadiaru Francis said:

"What if results start springing up from these aforementioned pooling units after the election Because anything can happen in Nigeria."

Itietie Gabriel said:

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"This happened as a result of the newly created polling units I think."

David Mark said:

"INEC must explain why there won't be election in over 30 polling units in Imo State and Taraba State unlike other states. Why this disparity?"

Naira Notes scarcity: 2023 presidential election to be postponed? INEC chairman speaks

In another report, INEC debunked viral claims that the forthcoming 2023 presidential election may be postponed.

There had been claims that INEC was considering shifting the date of the presidential election to Saturday, March 4 over the ongoing naira note scarcity.

“It is not true. INEC will not, and is not even contemplating postponing the 2023 general election," Rotimi Oyekanmi, spokesperson to the INEC chair, said.

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