‘Piece-Meal Release Of Poll Result, Unacceptable’

A chieftain of the
Labour Party in Rivers State, Prince Chinwo, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for what he described as the piece-meal release of the March 19 re-run elections in the state.
Speaking in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt, yesterday,  he said the INEC was creating a credibility problem for itself by releasing an incomplete result after much delay.
He said INEC in the state has a lot to do to redeem its image by proper and impartial conduct of elections in strict compliance with the Electoral act as amended.
Chinwo regretted that INEC, by its action, has only succeeded in increasing the tension which (INEC) claimed was the reason for the delay in the release of the election result.
He decried the use of the military in the re-run polls despite a subsisting court order restricting the military personnel from election venues, making the scenario war-like.
While urging the Federal Government to call the military to order, Chinwo charged INEC to release the complete results of the polls and fix a date for the cancelled ones.
The Labour Party Chieftain condemned what he described as INEC’s unfinished business in Bayelsa, Kogi and Rivers, saying it is an invitation to chaos.
He lauded the state government for its commitment to the New Rivers vision, assuring that the Labour Party in the state was willing to support Governor Nyesom Wike in bringing democracy dividends to the people.

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