Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared three senatorial seats vacant following the deaths of members of the tenth Senate.
Akpabio made the announcement throughout plenary on Tuesday, noting that the vacancies have been created by the demise of lawmakers representing the affected districts.
“As a result of tragedies which have befallen the tenth senate, vacancies have been created for midterm elections by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee to make sure that we fill the vacancies created by the demise of our colleagues,” he stated.
Akpabio stated the declaration was made consistent with the provisions of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
“I hereby declare vacant the next senatorial states: Enugu State, Enugu North Senatorial District. The seat is hereby declared vacant,” he stated.
Akpabio additionally declared the seat representing Nasarawa North Senatorial District in Nasarawa State vacant.
He additional introduced that the seat representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in Rivers State is vacant.
“Consistent with the provisions of our Structure, the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee is accordingly mandated to conduct contemporary polls to fill these vacant senatorial seats within the affected states throughout the time specified within the Structure which is about 30 days from this declaration,” Akpabio stated.