The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 673,446 registered voters will vote at the Ondo South senatorial district by-election scheduled for June 20.
The by-election in the senatorial district follows the resignation of Jimoh Ibrahim, who is now Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
The Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Mutiu Agboke, stated this on Tuesday at the INEC state office during the inter-agency consultative committee meeting on the by-election.
Mr Agboke explained that the election would hold in the 1,354 polling units across the six local government areas that make up the senatorial district.
He added that 1,359 bi-modal voter accreditation system (BVAS) machines would be deployed for the election, with an additional 264 backup BVAS machines kept in reserve to address any technical contingencies.
The REC said that non-sensitive materials had been distributed to all local government area offices of the commission in the senatorial district.
According to him, only four political parties fielded candidates to contest in the election.
“It is pertinent to state that only four political parties: All Progressives Congress(APC), Allied People’s Movement (APM), Action Peoples Party (APP) and Boot Party have submitted names for their candidates and are contesting in the election,” he said.
He asked the heads of security agencies in the state to deploy sufficient personnel to facilitate the early movement of ad hoc staff for the election.
Mr Agboke called for collective responsibility among all stakeholders, promising that only registered voters would determine the election winner.
Some security agencies at the meeting included the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Fire Service, the State Security Service, the ICPC, the Nigerian Navy, and the Nigeria Police Force.
(NAN)
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