ANAMBRA: INEC TO DECIDE DATE OF SUPPLEMENTARY POLL TOMORROW

The leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission may meet in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on and take decisions on the flawed Anambra State governorship election.
The PUNCH learnt of this on Tuesday as the All Progressives Congress insisted on total cancellationof the poll.
All the National Commissioners and the Resident Electoral Commissioners, who took part in the inconclusive election on Saturday, are expected to be in attendance at the crucial meeting.
Top on the agenda are fixing a date for the conduct of the supplementary election in areas where elections were cancelled and the deployment of officers to carry out the exercise.
The Public Relations Officer of INEC in Awka, Mr. Frank Egbo, referred enquiries on the matter to the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu.
But Onukaogu could not be reached on telephone to comment on both the date for the supplementary election and the fate of the unnamed senior INEC official that was arrested for allegedly sabotaging the poll on Saturday.
However, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, confirmed that a meeting was indeed scheduled.
He said the meeting was a normal operational meeting by the leadership of INEC and was not meant for media coverage.
According to him, there was nothing unusual about meeting to deliberate on issues which affect the operations of the commission, especially at a time a supplementary election is still being planned.
Idowu said, “Yes there is a meeting but it is the normal operational meeting; it is not a media event. It is normal for the commission to meet to review strategies and look at issues which require urgent attention.
“Don’t forget, we just held an election and it is not yet conclusive. There is a need to make plans for the supplementary election.”
Source: Punch