…INEC to disclose final decision on Monday

[FILES] An electoral official looks at documents at the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on March 10, 2019. - Nigeria's election authorities announced the suspension of activities in volatile opposition-held Rivers State on March 10 citing violence and threats to its staff, as tensions rise in the wake of closely-watched regional elections. Counting is continuing across the country after the March 9 elections for governors in 29 of Nigeria's 36 states, all state assemblies and administrative councils in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. Results are expected in the coming days. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it would take a final decision on the outcome of the Zamfara State Governorship, House of Assembly and National Assembly elections on Monday, following yesterday’s judgment of the Supreme Court that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) did not hold valid primaries for the positions and so did not legally field candidates in the elections in the state.

A statement signed by Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja, yesterday, said the Commission held an emergency meeting following the apex court’s ruling and would meet again today to further deliberate on the issues arising from the judgment, while the final decision on the matter would be communicated to the public on Monday, May 27.

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