By Leonard Okachie
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 32 candidates from different political parties will be vying for the governorship of Abia on Saturday.
Mr Godfrey Achibie, Head of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC in Abia, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday.
Achibie said that the commission was compiling a fresh list of candidates for the state House of Assembly from a document received from the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday.
He said: “We got a fresh list of candidates from the headquarters and they are still working on it to produce the current list for Saturday’s polls.”
The Resident Electoral Commission, Dr. Joseph Iloh, told NAN on Wednesday that there were 353 candidates for the 24-member house.
Meanwhile, Achibie said that all the logistics challenges had been addressed, adding that the…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
