The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed
Saturday for the conclusion of outstanding 2015 elections in Rivers.
The commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the
state, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, in a statement on Tuesday said the exercise would
hold at Etche and Omuma Local Government Areas.
The election, according to the statement, is to fill the
Etche Constituency II seat in the House of Assembly and Etche/Omuma seat in the
House of Representatives.
It said that the election would hold in 147 polling units in
19 Registration Areas in Etche and one polling unit (Umuogba Community I) in
Omuma.
The commission encouraged eligible voters in the
constituencies to come out enmasse to vote for their candidates.
“The commission assures the public of a credible and fair
conclusion of the election in Etche Local Government Area,” the statement said.
It also said that security agencies had been contacted to
provide adequate security during the exercise.
Following a court rulings that invalidated the 2015 federal
and state legislative elections in the state, INEC slated March 19, 2016, for
re-run polls.
Unfortunately, the exercise was marred by violence, which
forced the electoral body to suspend the polls midway.
On Dec. 10, 2016, when the re-run was rescheduled, it was
inconclusive in Etche and part of Omuma areas due to some irregularities,
prompting the repeat which has been fixed for Saturday.
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