INEC set rerun date for Zamfara by-election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled Thursday, August 21, for the supplementary election in Kaura-Namoda South Constituency, Zamfara State.

The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Mahmuda Isah, announced the date during a stakeholders’ meeting in Gusau. 

He assured voters and political parties that the commission has made full preparations for a smooth and credible process.

Dr. Isah explained that the poll was necessary after the Returning Officer, Professor Lawal Sa’adu of the Federal University Gusau, declared the earlier by-election inconclusive. 

According to him, “the margin between the leading party and the runner-up was less than the total number of Permanent Voter Cards collected in polling units where elections were cancelled.”