The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed about nine political parties are set for the senatorial bye-election.
They include: AA, AAC, ADC, APC, APM, NNPP, PDP, SDP and YPP. Elections will be held for the vacant Cross River North Senatorial District as well as Obudu State Constituency.
The INEC’s resident electoral commissioner for Cross River, Mr Emmanuel Alex Hart, who made the disclosure during a stakeholders meeting at INEC’s office in Calabar, said for Obudu State Constituency elections, six of the parties including AAC, ADC, APC, APM, NNPP and PDP are in the race.
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Hart further disclosed that 4052 ad hoc personnel will be recruited for the October 31 bye-election in the state.
He said, “Four thousand and forty-two ad hoc personnel will be engaged for the elections which will be contested by nine parties for the senatorial bye- election and six parties for the Obudu State Constituency elections”, he said.
“About 429,488 registered voters will be eligible to participate in the bye- election which will take place in the 565 units in all five local government areas for the senatorial elections.
“The commission is committed to conducting credible elections and the ZPad technology which was deployed for previous elections in Nasarawa, Edo and Ondo will be deployed,” he stated.
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Also speaking, the state police commissioner, Abdulkadir Jimoh, said the police would give maximum security during the elections.
He said three layers of security comprising the Military, Civil Defence and Police will be on ground for the elections.
He added that in line with the Electoral Act and Rules of Engagement, all security men will be on uniform, wear tags and none will bear arms within the polling centre.
