Following the judgement of the Kano Court of Appeal – which set aside the judgement of the High Court of Jigawa State on the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and subsequent publishing of an updated list of candidates for the November 6 Anambra election on its website, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has indicated it will publish the final list of candidates on October 7.
This was made known at a meeting of the commission on Thursday.
According to INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, the timetable and schedule of activities approved by the Commission on January 18, 2021, provides for the withdrawal and substitution of candidates in line with Sec. 35 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), and accordingly, by the deadline of July 30 fixed by the Commission, seven governorship and 11 deputy governorship candidates were substituted by 11 out of 18 political parties.
As a result of the substitutions and court judgements, the Commission has published an updated list of candidates on its website and will publish the final list on October 7.
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