The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced 15 April, 2023, as the date for governorship, national and state houses of assembly supplementary elections.

Development Diaries reports that the commission made this known in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Monday.

‘Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has decided that all outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will take place on Saturday 15th April 2023’, the tweet read.

Arising from its meeting held today, the Independent National Electoral Commission has decided that all outstanding Governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will take place on Saturday 15th April 2023.

A detailed official statement will follow shortly.

— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) March 27, 2023

After the March 18 governorship elections, INEC declared the election in Adamawa State inconclusive due to the margin of votes.

The incumbent governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had polled 421,524 votes, while his closest challenger and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aishatu Dahiru, also known as Binani, had recorded 390,275 votes.

Also, the commission declared the election in Kebbi State inconclusive due to breaches of electoral laws that led to the cancellation of results in polling units within 20 of the state’s 21 local government areas (LGAs).

Before the declaration, the APC was leading the poll with 388,258 votes, as against 342,980 votes scored by the PDP.

Development Diaries urges citizens of these states to come out en masse to cast their votes against all odds.

We also call on INEC to ensure a free and fair conduct of the supplementary elections, while calling on security agencies to ensure adequate protection of voters, electoral observers and INEC officials.