CITIZENS COMPASS— The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Rivers and Kano states will hold bye-elections on Saturday with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu calling for a peaceful conduct at the polls.
Tinubu urged voters, security operatives, and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to discharge their duties as expected of them.
The elections will be held a few hours after the President signed the Electoral Act 2026 into law.
Tinubu disclosed this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday.
“Fellow Nigerians, I assure you that the Federal Government under my administration will continue to support institutions responsible for delivering free, fair, and credible elections.
“To all residents of the FCT, Kano, and Rivers, I commend your civic consciousness. I am confident that these elections will reflect the will of the people and further strengthen our democratic journey as a nation.”
In FCT, the bye-elections will take place across the six council areas with 1,680,315 registered voters spread over 2,822 polling units.
In Rivers, supplementary elections will take place in the Ahoada East II and Khana II constituencies to replace lawmakers who vacated their seats due to resignation and death.
Meanwhile, in Kano State, voting will take place in Kano Municipal, which has 330,228 registered voters across 630 polling units, and in Ungogo constituency, comprising 205,418 voters in 384 polling units, following the deaths of two State House of Assembly members.
