The Indepenedent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced March 23 for supplementary elections in states and constituencies where elections were declared inconclusive.

The  governorship elections were declared inconclusive in six states. They are Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau, and Sokoto.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye said the supplementary elections will also be held for inconclusive state assembly elections.

INEC stated there were several reasons for declaring these elections as inconclusive which include discontinuation of use of the smart card readers, the failure to deploy them, over-voting, widespread disruption in polling units and the margin of lead principle.

The governorship race in each of those six states is between Nigeria’s two largest parties, APC and PDP. The PDP is leading in all the states declared inconclusive with the exception of Plateau.