The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Political Party Primaries for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general elections in the restored Constituencies in Benue, Delta, Jigawa, and Kogi States will hold from June 15 to June 25.
INEC, pursuant to the judgment of the courts and in line with the powers conferred on the Commission by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the Electoral Act, 2026, has restored some suppressed Constituencies in the four states.
The restored constituencies in Benue State include Nyamatsor, Ukum Afia, Konshisha III (Shangev-Tiev), Makurdi III (South East), and Gboko III State Constituencies. Those restored in Delta State include Aniocha North II, Ika North East II, Sapele II, Ethiope West II, Warri South West II, and Warri North II State Constituencies.
In Jigawa State, the restored Constituencies are Aujara State Constituency, while in Kogi State, the restored Constituencies are Adavi East, Eika, Ajaokuta North, Bassa-Komu, Dekina Town & District, Ijumu II, Kabba-Bunu II, Koton Karfe II, Igalagwa, and Ogugu State Constituencies.
“To facilitate the participation of the restored Constituencies in the 2027 General Election, particularly with respect to the nomination of candidates by Political Parties, the Commission has fixed the 16th-25th June, 2026 for the conduct of Political Party Primaries in the restored Constituencies,” the Commission says in a statement.
Mohammed Kudu Haruna, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, in a statement on behalf of the commission on June 10, says, “all other timelines and activities contained in the already published revised Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 General Election shall apply to the restored Constituencies.”
