Abia LGA Poll: Aspirants Reject Exercise On Christmas Eve; High Fee By ABSIECBy Ignatius OkparaABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Candidates of various political parties in the forthcoming local government election in Abia state, have rejected the Christmas Eve date, fixed by the state Independent National Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) for the bye-election. The candidates equally complained bitterly about the high fee being charged by the state electoral body for the election. ABSIEC had recently announced that while the main poll will hold on Saturday 17 December 2016 and the results announced the next day being Sunday, a possible run-off would follow a day to Christmas, being 24th December, popularly called Christmas Eve. Besides the high fees, there is an additional payment of N15, 000 as administrative fee to be payed directly into the Commission’s account. The ABSIEC boss, added that candidates for the Local government election are to be screened and cleared by security agencies and the state Board of Inland Revenue.