Elections in Rivers State

There was a heated disagreement at the RAC Center in Buguma, Headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government over the non-presence of INEC EOs and Result Sheets ...

Mike Usolo who said INEC is yet to fix a date for the elections in those areas, condemned the actions of voters in Asari-Toru who insisted on seeing Collation Officers, saying Collation Officers are only seen at Collation Centres and not RAC Centres. Speaking to our correspondent via the telephone, INEC Head, Voter Education, Mike Usolo said the Commission has postponed elections in Asari-Toru and parts of Degema LGAs as electoral materials could not be distributed in those areas. The Governorship and State House of Assembly elections are not holding in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State following the insistence of voters to sight electoral officers and Collation officers.

Elections to vote in govnors and state lawmakers wey hold on Saturday 18th March 2023 for Nigeria no go smoothly everywia.

Di reason be say voters bin resist deployment of election materials for govnorship and state House of Assembly elections. Di electorate say dem no gree as dem insist say na inside di estate dem go vote as dem don do for many years. Some of di places wey dey affected be VGC for Lagos, and some parts of two local goment for Rivers state.

Angry voters staged violent protests in Khana and Tai local councils of Rivers State over alleged swap of election materials. It was learnt that the ballot ...

But for the Director of Security in such a sensitive commission to breach security is quite appalling. We called for the intervention of the security agencies on this. at Unit 8, Ward 5 in Opobo-Nkoro Local Council of the state. It means the security men are doing their job well.” Some voters were also flogged, harassed and forced to vote for a particular candidate. “So, I don’t want to go into details. Governor Nyesom Wike’s Polling Unit 7, Ward 9, recorded low turnout compared to the last polls. There is a deliberate act to frustrate the voters from Ogoni. “This particular election is not transparent. The development infuriated the voters, who had come out as early as 8.00 a.m. We want free and fair elections this time”. to express their franchise.

Voters had resisted the deployment of voting materials and election officials to the areas, says INEC.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. The REC said the Commission had decided to conduct the election in the areas on Sunday, relying on section 24 of the Electoral Act 2022. The INEC in Rivers State on Saturday said the commission was ready to conduct the election in Asari-Toru Local Government Area and Ward 14 of Degema Local Government Area on Sunday.