The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the conduct of senatorial election in Enugu East of Enugu State from February 25 to March 11, 2023.

Thelagostimes gathered that the election would now hold alongside the governorship election in the State on the new date.

This if following the murder of the Labour Party candidate for the election, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu.

DRecall that Chukwu was set ablaze alongside five others while he was returning to Enugu metropolis.

Speaking on the development, Enugu State Labour Party chairman, Hon Casmir Agbo, told journalists that following the death of Chukwu, the party wrote the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.

“INEC advised us and we met and wrote to INEC Abuja through the National Headquarters in line with Section 33 and 34. The party has 14 days to nominate another candidate for substitution.

“In line with the Electoral Act, we have done what we ought to do and yesterday INEC cancelled the election. We will hold our primary election in the next 14 days,” Agbo said.