4.6million PVCs collected for Saturday by-elections — INEC

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No fewer than 4,613,197 Permanent Voters’ Cards have been collected by voters for the February 3 rerun/by-elections, Sunday PUNCH gathered.

This was contained in a document posted by INEC on its X handle sighted by our correspondent.

Findings by our correspondent showed that 2,189,171 PVCs were collected by voters for the by-elections while 2,424,026 PVCs were collected for the rerun elections.

Sunday PUNCH also gathered that no fewer than 8,500 Bimodal Voters Authentication System and over 35,000 ad-hoc staff would be deployed for the elections.

According to the commission, 74 domestic observers and one international observer will observe the February 3 elections.

By-elections will be conducted in two senatorial districts; (Ebonyi South, Ebonyi State and Yobe East, Yobe State); three state constituencies, (Chibok State Constituency, Borno State; Chikun State constituency, Kaduna State; and Guma State Constituency, Benue State); and four federal constituencies, (Akoko North East/Akoko North-West Federal Constituency, Ondo State; Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency, Taraba State; Surulere 1 Federal Constituency, Lagos State; and Yauri/Shanga/Ngaski Federal Constituency, Kebbi State.)

The court-ordered rerun elections will be held in one Senatorial district of Plateau Central, and 13 federal constituencies.