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The Governorship election will not hold in seven states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

7 states exempted from Saturday’s governorship polls | Pulse Nigeria

News Agency Of Nigeria

<h1>The affected states, Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo and Osun, will not be participating because their governorship elections held at different times or off season.</h1>

<p>This was mainly due to court judgments that nullified the election of their governors at different times in the past.</p>

<p>However, the State Houses of Assembly elections will be conducted in all the 36 states.</p>

7 states exempted from Saturday’s governorship polls

<p>The FCT will not witness both elections because it is run by a minister, who is appointed by the President, with laws made by the National Assembly.</p>

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<p>But Saturday will witness election of new chairmen and councillors in the six Area Councils of the territory, namely Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali.</p>