The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for March 11.
INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, announced the postponement in a statement.
According to the statement the elections will hold on Saturday, March 18.
The statement noted that this follows the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS.