The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, met with leaders of registered Political Parties in the country to review the 2023 general elections.

INEC had in the last two weeks engaged with critical stakeholders who participated in the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the country.

The meeting was also scheduled to talk about the preparations for the November 11, 2023 off-season governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states.

Yakubu while addressing the National Commissioners of INEC and leaders of the political parties at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, apologized for the meeting’s late start, adding that engaging with stakeholders is the best way to ensure credible elections in Nigeria in the future.

Tuesday’s affair which is the first public meeting to be held by the electoral umpire with leaders of political parties was attended by the acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as chieftains of other political parties led by the National Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council, Yabagi Sani.

The discussion focused on the 2023 general elections as well as preparations for the off-season governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states on November 11, 2023.