Orange Democratic Movement Party has withdrawn from the Wajir West by-elections following a high consultative meeting, this is according to the press release posted on ODM's official Twitter handle.
The statement read by ODM's Director of elections Junet Mohammed stated that ODM withdrew as a sign of honouring Jubilee party which they claim it respected ODM by not having a candidate in Ugenya and Embakasi South Constituencies in the just concluded by-elections.
"The party has withdrawn from the April 25th by-election in Wajir West Constituency.
"This is after high level party consultations which arrived at the decision to reciprocate Jubilee Party's earlier gesture not to field candidates in by elections in Ugenya and Embakasi South," read the statement on Twitter.
The Wajir by-election was slated for April 25 following the nullification of Mohamed Kolosh's elections by the Supreme Court of Kenya.
IEBC had already cleared five candidates to contest in the Wajir west by-elections including Jubilee party's Mohamed Kolosh, ODM's Mohamed Yusuf Elmi, Ibrahim Mohamud of KANU, Ali Noor Abdi of LPK and Abas Nunow of AGANO party.
In the concluded by-elections in Ugenya and Embakasi South, ODM was in a shock after their candidates lost massively.