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Drama: Prof. Etu-Efeotor struggles with Rivers poll result
There was a mild drama at the Abuja venue of the ongoing collation of results from Saturday’s presidential election, as the returning officer for Rivers state, Prof. John Etu-Efeotor found it difficult to read out the results from the exercise in Rivers.
Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega had to direct that a studio light be moved closer to the podium, for Etu-Efeotor who is the vice chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Warri, Delta State.
Someone else had to be directed to reel out the results when it became obvious that the RO was having difficulty with the task.
Also Prof. Jega said that the commission decided to take the results of the elections in Rivers state, inpite of the petition from the state’s PDP, because “We do not believe the allegations are substantial enough to require the cancellation/rescheduling of the elections in Rivers”.
He explained, “Sunday morning, I received a petition from APC demanding for the cancellation & rescheduling of elections. I circulated this memo to the commission. We reviewed it and set up a three man Committee to Rivers and returned this morning with their observations”.
According to him, “There were a number of points as to why the commission should cancel/reschedule elections:1) No elections 2) No result sheets 3) Subst. of officials”.
He concluded, “We do not believe the allegations are substantial enough to require the cancellation/rescheduling of the elections in Rivers”.
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