Okorocha absent as INEC presents certificate to senators-elect.
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday presented certificates of return to senators-elect.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Okorocha was declared the winner of the Imo West senatorial election. The presiding officer, however, said he was forced to make the declaration under duress. It is based on that that the electoral commission removed Mr Okorocha’s name from the elected senators’ list and said it is reviewing the situation in the district.
The national chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, congratulated the elected senators in his opening speech.The new senators were elected by millions of Nigerians on February 23. Elections declared inconclusive then were concluded on March 9. These states, most of which are governed by the ruling party, are spread across the North and South-west.They are; three new senators and three returning lawmakers .In his speech, Mr Yakubu urged the senators-elect to begin work early on a new electoral framework.
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