INEC confirms Wada as Kogi gov •To conduct elections in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Sokoto, C/River in Feb •Sylva rejects INEC’s position on Bayelsa

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor-elect in the election conducted on December 3, last year, Captain Idris Wada, was duly elected as the governor of the state.
The chairman of the commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, who spoke in Abuja at a press conference on the Supreme Court judgment of last Friday on the tenure of five former governors, advised that Captain Wada “should be sworn in immediately,” saying that the governorship election was a concluded election.
Professor Jega declared that the commission arrived at the decision, “having carefully studied the judgment and after due consultation with its legal team.”
He, however, said that the outstanding governorship elections in the other four states will be held as follows, Adamawa- Saturday, February 4; Bayelsa- Saturday, February 11; Sokoto—Saturday, February 18 and Cross River—Saturday- February 25.