The Reason Jega Refused To Cancel Rivers Election
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has refused to cancel the polls in Rivers state
“We cannot establish any cancellation or substitution of results and we sent a list of collation officers to the state. Officials failed 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 State.
“The decision of the Commission is that we will take the results of the elections in Rivers state.
“We have taken measures to make sure that re-occurrences do not occur in the future.”
Recall that the Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, had claimed that no elections were conducted in the state according to what he witnessed.
However, Dame Gesilia Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Rivers state, on Sunday night said elections held in the 23 local government areas of the state.
“We cannot establish any cancellation or substitution of results and we sent a list of collation officers to the state. Officials failed 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 State.
“The decision of the Commission is that we will take the results of the elections in Rivers state.
“We have taken measures to make sure that re-occurrences do not occur in the future.”
Recall that the Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, had claimed that no elections were conducted in the state according to what he witnessed.
However, Dame Gesilia Khan, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Rivers state, on Sunday night said elections held in the 23 local government areas of the state.
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