The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun says 2,500 registered voters are expected to take part in the supplementary election for Oriade Constituency in Osun State Assembly on March 23.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo on Monday.
He said that the supplementary election would hold at Polling Units: 2, 3, 4, 8 and 14 of Ward 8 in Oriade Local Government area to determine elected member of the constituency in the State House of Assembly.
He said that the election would follow the pattern of the general elections. Corps members would be engaged, re-trained and moved to the polling units to handle the conduct of the supplementary election.
Agbaje said, they will teach them again about the use of the smart card readers, camp them at the Registration Area Centre (RAC) and early in the morning and election materials will be deployed and moved to the polling units.
