The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday (tomorrow) deadline to present a replacement for its late governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, for the Kogi State supplementary election on December 5.
This was disclosed by INEC’s director of voter education and publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi.
He also said he is unaware that a replacement has been submitted by the APC over the weekend.
INEC had last Tuesday granted the APC permission to fill the vacancy created by the death of Audu, same day it declared that the supplementary governorship election will hold on December 5.
The commission, while acknowledging that the party has officially written to it over the demise of its governorship candidate, notified the 22 political other parties that participated in the November 21 election of the date for the supplementary poll.
When asked if the APC has submitted a replacement ahead of the supplementary election, Osaze-Uzzi said, “I am not aware”.
He however disclosed that Tuesday was the deadline given to the APC to submit its replacement for its late candidate.
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