Rivers rerun: INEC suspends elections in 2 more LGA’s

OndoReporter | Rivers rerun: INEC suspends elections in 2 more LGA’s

The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, has this morning
suspended the Federal and State legislative
elections that held yesterday across the
three senatorial districts of the state in two
more local governments, thereby bringing the
number of LGAs suspended to eight.

The Resident Electoral Commission who
disclosed this development in a press
statement said the reason for the suspension
was related to violence and irregularities.

The statement reads in part, "Further to our
earlier pronouncement on the suspension of
the rerun elections in the six Local
Government Areas of, Khana, Bonny, Gokana,
Andoni, Tai and Eleme following disturbances
and violence that impeded the electoral
process in those parts of the state."

"It has also become necessary to suspend
the elections in Etche and Asari-Toru Local
Government Area, for the same reason."
Ikoiwak stated that the suspension was to
forestall breakdown of law and order or loss
of lives and property.

He also said the commission was at the
moment studying the situation in order 15
local government areas where collations
were on going.