RSIEC Warns Against Electoral Violence

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission,( RSIEC) has warned against electoral violence in the June 16 local government election in Rivers State even as it pleaded with Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for prayers to ensure that it was violent- free.
The Chairman and Chief Electoral Commissioner of RSIEC, Justice Chukwunoye Uriri (Retired) who stated this when he led other board members of the commission to CAN office in Port Harcourt, urged clerics to sensitise their members on the need to participate in the election.
Uriri charged CAN to join the commission in the crusade for emancipation of mankind by arousing the consciousness of members of their various congregations on the need to vote and be voted for.
He further stated: “I also urge you to pray for us in your various churches against all forms of indiscipline, such as election violence and malpractices. Finally, I urge you to vote for men and women of the statures of Stephen, Noah, Joseph, Nehemiah and Esther.”
He appealed to the clerics to participate actively in the electioneering process, adding that their involvement in politics would change the course of governance of the nation.
“Even as clergy, it is your right to vote and be voted for,  except where by your special calling. It is my belief that, the more of you that are associated with governance, the better for this country’’, he said.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of CAN in the state, Most Rev. Isaac Anyanasikike, promised that the clerics would give every support to RSIEC for a successful conduct of the polls.