News
INEC to hold bye-elections in Lagos October 31
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday it would conduct the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe State House of Assembly Constituency bye-elections on October 31.
The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Sam Olumekun, who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, said the development was in line with Section (30)3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Olumekun said notices would be served at the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe State House of Assembly Constituency.
INEC will conduct the bye-elections to fill the vacant seat left behind the duo of late Bayo Osinowo (Lagos East Senatorial District) and late Tunde Buraimoh (Kosofe State House of Assembly Constituency).
READ ALSO: INEC fixes all pending bye-elections for October 31
Osinowo, who was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries, died on June 15, while Buraimoh died on July 10.
He was the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security until his death.
The statement read: “The section states: ‘in the case of a bye-election, the commission shall not later than 14 days before the date appointed for the election publish a notice stating the date of the election.
“The bye-elections are necessitated by the demise of the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial district, Senator Adebayo Osinowo; and member representing Kosofe at the State House of Assembly, Hon. Tunde Buraimoh.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...