Off-season elections have continued to increase in Nigeria, raising concern among stakeholders.
On November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , conducted off-season elections in three states. DAILY POST reports that off-season elections have continued to increase in Nigeria , raising concern among stakeholders.
This began after the Supreme Court sacked Chris Ngige, who contested the 2003 Governorship election in Anambra State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and declared Peter Obi, then a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, winner of the election. Currently, Nigeria has about eight off-season governorship elections, including Anambra, Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, and Imo states, with different election timetables. Imo State fell out of the normal cycle after the Supreme Court sacked Emeka Ihedioha, who was earlier declared winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state. The apex court on January 14, 2020, ordered INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Ihedioha, a former Speaker of the State Assembly and give a fresh one to Hope Uzodinma, the current governo
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