INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega has brushed
aside, the petition from the All Progressives Congress, asking the
commission to cancel elections held in Rivers State.
Speaking at
the collation centre in Abuja this morning, Jega said: “We do not
believe the allegations are substantial enough to require the
cancellation/rescheduling of the elections in Rivers
He also
said: “Sunday morning, I received a petition from the All Progressives
Congress (APC) demanding for the cancellation & rescheduling of
elections in Rivers State.
“I circulated this memo to the
Commission. We reviewed it and set up a 3 man Committee to Rivers and
returned this morning with their observations”
“There were a
number of points as to why the Commission should cancel/reschedule
elections: (1)No elections (2)No result sheets (3)Substitution of
officials.
“We cannot establish any cancellation or substitution of results and we sent a list of collation officers to the state
“Officials
fail to show up to work for several reasons and it is up to the REC to
substitute from the pool of officials they have
“We do not believe the allegations are substantial enough to require the cancellation/rescheduling of the elections in Rivers.
“The decison of the Comm is that we will take the results of the elections in Rivers state.
“We have taken measures to make sure that reoccurrences do not occur in the future”
Source: African Independent Television (AIT)
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