INEC sets date of Anambra suplimentary election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed Saturday, November 30, for the supplementary election in Anambra state. The chairman of the commission, Attahiru Jega, made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja. He said there was no substantial evidence to support cancellation of the November 16 election as demanded by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party in the election. Mr. Jega however admitted that INEC did not perform to the expectations of Nigerians in the election. INEC had on November 18 declared the governorship election in the state inconclusive because no candidate polled the statutory 25 percent of votes in two-third of the 21 local government areas in the state, according to Prof. James Epoke, Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar.