INEC proposes Sept.16 for Lagos bye-election [DETAILS]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday proposed Sept 16 for the conduct of a bye-election to fill the vacant Eti-Osa Constituency I seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Dr Mudashiru Mustapha, INEC Administrative Secretary in Lagos State, announced the proposed date at a stakeholders meeting attended by party leaders at the Lagos headquarters of the commission. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Kazeem Alimi of the All Progressives Congress, who occupied the seat, died on July 18. He succumbed to a brief illness at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, two weeks after celebrating his 50th birthday. Mustapha said the proposed date for the bye-election was chosen after taking into consideration the activities of the commission across the country and the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir holidays. He said that the commission was also guided by the Electoral Law which stipulates that the bye-election be conducted within 30 days of receiving a...