INEC poise to hold stakeholders parley in Ajeromi federal constituency

By Olanrewaju Adesanya

Sequel the court ruling on Ajeromi federal constituency’s electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is scheduled
to hold a stakeholders parley to formally declare the results of the inconclusive election before any further actions.

The INEC in Lagos State says it will now meet with stakeholders in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal Constituency on Wednesday over the pending supplementary election in the constituency.

It would be recalled that the meeting earlier scheduled for April 11 could not hold as planned.

“INEC in Lagos State will on Wednesday  April 17 meet with the relevant stakeholders in Ajeromi /Ifelodun Federal Constituency to deliberate on the pending supplementary election and announcement of result for the constituency as directed by Court.

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“The venue is the INEC office in Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government by 11am” the Spokesman of INEC, Lagos State, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, said.

Akinbiyi, who said that no date had been fixed for the poll, expressed the commission’s readiness to conclude the election in a peaceful atmosphere, with the cooperation of the stakeholders.

The Feb. 23 National Assembly election in the constituency was declared inconclusive by the electoral umpire and no date has been fixed for the poll.

INEC intends to hold  supplementary elections in 71 Polling Units across eight wards of Ajeromi-Ifelodun with total registered voters of 8,984.