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April 12, 2016

INEC fixes Abuja council rerun polls for tomorrow

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By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA —  The Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC),yesterday, in Abuja said it has fixed tomorrow for re-run elections in 39 polling units within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

A statement by the FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner, Jacob Jatau, recalled that INEC had declared elections in Kuje, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Gwagwalada and Abaji Area Councils inconclusive.

He said: “INEC-FCT will on Wednesday, April 13, conduct re-run elections in 39 polling units in 20 Registration Areas (RAs) of the Federal Capital Territory.

“Results in the affected polling units were cancelled for reasons ranging from violence, over voting and non-use of smart card readers to accreditation of voters.”

The statement said accreditation and voting in the affected polling units would begin simultaneously from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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