The new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the commission, Dr. Lawrence Azubike, said this yesterday while meeting with political parties and stakeholders in the state at the INEC headquarters in Awka.
The state secretary of the APC in Anambra, state Mr. Chukwuma Agupugo reminded the commission of the letter to that effect by Ngige, which was submitted by the party to the commission as required by the electoral act.
Azubuike, however, maintained that he was unaware of such letter and would go into the records of INEC to find out the truth of the matter as he just resumed in the state.
He said: "we are not aware that anybody has withdrawn, we have not received any statement to that effect, this election is a re-run not a bye- election.
“What the electron means is essentially, going back to March 28, 2015, INEC will use that same method in conducting the election and we are going to await for further directive from the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.”
“The political parties and the candidates for the re-run election are not in doubt, only the candidates and parties who participated in that election will participate now, excluding the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) because of the court judgment,” he said.
Only 13 political parties will take part in the polls following the disqualification of People's Democratic Party.
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