The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the suspension of the upcoming election in Enugu East Senatorial District.
The election, which was scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, has been postponed till March 11, 2023.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this development at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
According to him, the decision to postpone the election in the district which covers four local government areas became necessary following the murder of the Labour Party (LP)’s senatorial candidate for the district, Oyibo Chukwu.
Chukwu and his personal assistant were assassinated on Wednesday when hoodlums attacked them and set their vehicle ablaze in the Eke-Otu Amechi-Awkunanaw area of Enugu.
