INEC Fixes Date For By-Elections In Four States

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19, 2026 for by-elections to fill five vacant legislative seats in Gombe, Kano, Bauchi and Delta states.

The date was posted Friday on the commission’s official X handle.

Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency in Gombe State; Dawakin Kudu State Constituency in Kano State; Sakwa and Disina State Constituencies in Bauchi State; and Udu State Constituency in Delta State,it was reported.

INEC said voting would hold at polling units within the affected constituencies and the exercise would start at 8:30am and end at 2:30pm.

The five seats fell vacant following the death, resignation, defection and movement of some lawmakers to contest other positions.

The Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency seat in Gombe was declared vacant following the death of the lawmaker representing the area, Yaya Bauchi Tongo, in June 2026.

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In Bauchi, the former occupant of the Sakwa State Constituency died while the lawmaker representing Disina resigned from the State House of Assembly to contest a chairmanship position.

The Delta State House of Assembly has declared the Udu State Constituency seat vacant following the defection of its former occupant, Collins Egbetamah, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).

The Dawakin Kudu State Constituency seat in Kano was vacated after its former occupant, Rabiu Shuaibu, left the State Assembly to contest for the Dawakin Kudu/Warawa Federal Constituency seat.

Shuaibu later won the federal constituency by-election in June, beating the candidates of the Allied Peoples Movement and the Labor Party.

INEC said the September 19 election would be held at polling units in the affected constituencies.