INEC Fixes Re-run Elections Dates In Rivers, Others Thursday

Chairman of the independent National Electoral Commission Prof.  Mahmood Yakubu, has announced that his commission would fix dates for ‎suspended rerun elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano States on Thursday.
Chairman said that the commission was consulting with those he described as important stakeholder, including leaders of political parties and security agencies, in the affected states.
He made the declaration, during his remark at the opening of second quarterly meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners ‎in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the commission was also expected to have a meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja on Thursday before arriving at the dates for the rerun elections.
The rerun elections were ordered by the courts, but were  suspended by the commission due to outbreak of violence.
Yakubu said the rerun elections in the four states would be conducted before 31st July.