Posted on: 03:13 Sun, 07 Feb 2016



The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), has fixed Feb. 20, for rerun and
supplementary elections for Langtang South,
Pankshin South and Plateau North state
constituencies.

INEC in a statement in Jos on Sunday said that
the Langtang South elections would be
conducted in the entire 68 polling units, in
compliance with a Court of Appeal judgment.

The court had ruled that the initial winner,
Vincent Bulus of the PDP, was not qualified to
have contested the April 11, 2015 polls.

“The elections will also feature two political
parties, out of the three that participated in the
initial elections – the APC and the MPPP; the
PDP candidate has been excluded,” the
statement said.

The statement, signed by Mr Osaretin
Imahiyereobo, Head, Voter Education and
Publicity, said that supplementary elections in
Pankshin South would hold only in Nyelleng
polling unit in Fier Registration Area.

According to him, the supplementary elections
in Pankshin North will hold in Pyabor Polling
Unit of Chip Registration Area.

“In the two elections in Pankshin, all political
parties and candidates that featured in the last
election will feature in the supplementary
elections,” he said.

According to him, candidates of PDP, LP, MPPP
and APC will contest for the Plateau North seat,
while those from APGA, PDP, MPPP, and APC
will slug it out in Pankshin South.