Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended senatorial election in Enugu East Senatorial District, southeast Nigeria.
Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu announced this in Abuja, at a media briefing on Friday, the Federal Capital Territory, saying the election for that seat will hold on March 11, 2023, alongside gubernatorial and states assembly elections..
According to him, the postponement which covers four local government areas became necessary with the murder of the Labour Party (LP)’s senatorial candidate for the district, Oyibo Chukwu.
He said the Labour Party reached out to the electoral body to convey its intention to provide a replacement and go ahead with the poll at the new date.
Chukwu and his personal assistant were assassinated on Wednesday when hoodlums attacked them and set their vehicle ablaze in the Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw area of Enugu state.