NigeriaDecides2023: North-east, South-east top zones with polling units where election will not hold

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The two regions account for about 55 per cent of the 240 polling units listed in the data released by INEC.

Nigeria’s North-east and South-east zones have the highest number of polling units where the coming general elections will not hold with 67 and 64 units respectively.Independent National Election CommissionINEC Chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, had disclosed during a meeting with leaders of the 18 registered political parties on Monday in Abuja that the coming national and state elections will not hold in the 240 PUs across the country.

According to Mr Yakubu, security was a major reason no voter chose any of the polling units or requested a transfer of PUs to these places during the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration between June 2021 and July 2022. They are followed by Abia in the South-east, Borno in North-east and Katsina in North-west 12 PUs each.

 

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