INEC Postpones Rivers Rerun Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the conduct of the legislative rerun elections in Rivers State.

The election which was initially slated for July 30, was postponed due to the reported violence in the state.

A statement signed by its Secretary, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu said no new date has been fixed.

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The electoral body said, “As a responsible organisation and conscious of the violence, maiming and fatalities which accompanied the previous election in March as well as developments in the state since then, the commission cannot ignore such credible reports.

“In the circumstances, therefore, it is compelled to further postpone the rerun legislative elections in Rivers State as one of the principal conditions earlier stipulated for the return of the state for the conclusion of the election has, regrettably, not been met.

“This, the commission holds, is also a collective responsibility to be borne by all political actors irrespective of political positions and affiliations. If the goal of political contests is to serve the people, then there is no greater service than ensuring, at all costs, the preservation of the lives of the people whom such services would be rendered.”

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