INEC fixes date for Ondo, Enugu, Rivers, Nasarawa by-elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled June 20, 2026, for the conduct of by-elections in six states. The election will cover senatorial vacancies in Ondo, Enugu, Nasarawa, and Riversand ; House of Assembly seats in Kebbi; and a House of Representatives seat in Kano.
INEC chair Joash Amupitan announced this on Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony of a new national commissioner, Jamila Malafa, in Abuja.
Mr Amupitan said the by-elections would be held alongside the Ekiti governorship election, scheduled for the same date.
“We are going into some off-cycle elections very soon. The Ekiti state governorship election is scheduled for June 20, 2026. On the same date, the commission will conduct bye-elections to fill vacant seats.
“The senatorial seats declared vacant in Enugu, Nasarawa, Rivers and Ondo states will be filled, alongside the Kebbi State House of Assembly seat and the House of Representatives seat in Kano state,” the INEC boss said.
In Ondo, the senatorial seat became vacant after President Bola Tinubu appointed Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
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