Following the death and burial of Hon. Beatrice Omawumi Udoh, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaring Warri South 1 State Constituency seat vacant. Igbuya’s letter sets in motion the process of bye-election in the area.
The letter reads: “Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999 as amended) and the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) which empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct election into any vacant seat in state Houses of Assembly in Nigeria and following the demise of Hon Omawumi Udoh,
“I hereby inform you that the Delta State House of Assembly has declared Warri South 1 State Constituency seat vacant”
“This information is necessary to enable your commission act in line with the Statutory Provisions of conducting a bye-election to fill the vacant seat”
It could be recalled that late Hon. Udoh died last December in a London hospital at the age of 56.
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