INEC Presents Certificates of Return To Winners Of June 20 Bye-Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to winners of the bye-elections held on 20 June 2026 across Rivers, Enugu, Nasarawa, Ondo and Kano states.

The certificates were presented on behalf of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, by Supervising National Commissioner for Rivers State, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu.

In her remarks, Mrs. Agbamuche-Mbu congratulated the winners and urged them to serve their constituents diligently, saying the most important responsibility is to represent the people well.

She noted that Certificates of Return would also be presented to winners in Kebbi State for the Zuru State Constituency election and in Ekiti State for the Governorship election.

National Commissioners representing the various constituencies took turns presenting the certificates to the elected candidates, officially recognising them as the duly returned winners of their respective elections.

Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered accelerated hearing in a suit filed by the Senator Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the leadership crisis rocking the party.

NEWSNGR reports that Justice Salim Ibrahim gave the order after counsel to the plaintiffs, Chief Gordy Uche (SAN) informed the court that the matter was time-bound in view of INEC’s revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections, which he said gave July as an ultimatum.

The plaintiffs, made up of members of the Wabara-led BoT and the PDP, are asking the court to compel INEC to recognise the Kabir Turaki-led interim National Working Committee of the party and reflect the same on its official website.

They are also seeking an order directing the electoral umpire to update its records and publish on its website the names of members of the interim NWC as forwarded to it by the plaintiffs and the party’s National Executive Committee.

According to the plaintiffs, the names of members of the Kabir Turaki-led interim NWC were forwarded to INEC through letters dated May 4.