Rivers rerun: INEC to consult for repeat of cancelled areas
(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
said it would consult political stakeholders in Rivers on logistics for repeat
of legislative re-run elections in areas the exercise was cancelled on March
19.
Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity in the
commission, Mr Nick Dazang, disclosed this in on Thursday in Abuja, said that
the consultation would commence soon, because INEC was eager to ensure that the
elections were concluded.
"We stated it clearly in our previous statement on
Friday that we will not announce new date for the election until we have
engaged with stakeholders and that engagement has not taken place. It is after
the engagement that INEC will fix a date for the conclusion of the election. We
cannot just go back to Rivers state like that, given what happened during the
election.
"Engagement at the level of stakeholders will start
soon," he said, adding that the date for the consultation would be made
public when fixed.
Dazang also said that the commission would not release any
other results from the March 19 re-run until the elections were concluded.
"There cannot be more results than we have announced
because as at the time we suspended the election, not all the elections have
been concluded. It is only when election has been concluded that return can be
made.
"When INEC suspended the elections, in some areas
voting had just started; in some areas collation had just started, and in some
areas collation had been concluded but return had not been made.
"So, it is only in places where elections have been
concluded that we have so far announced results," he said.
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