The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) says seven political parties have been cleared to participate in the Ibarapa State Constituency by-election billed for Saturday.
Mr Mutiu Agboke, the Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC) in Oyo State, disclosed this in Eruwa on Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting on the by-election.
According to Agboke, the parties are Accord Party, Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress and Fresh Democratic Party.
Others, he said, are Hope Democratic Party, Nigerian Peoples Congress and Mega Party of Nigeria.
He further disclosed that the by-election would be conducted in 140 polling units across the 10 registration areas in the constituency.
The REC stated that the commission had recruited and trained 610 officials for the poll.
”The figure comprised of both permanent staff of INEC and ad-hoc officials with corps members to be deployed…
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