INEC mulls redeployment of 5 RECs

Barring any last minute change, five Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might be redeployed.

The planned changes, according to a source, are expected to be effected before this Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly polls.

A top staff of INEC confided in Daily Sun that chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has been resisting pressure from some people spearheading the planned changes.

The source further revealed that the five states, whose RECs might be redeployed are Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Imo, Plateau and Benue.

The Sun, March 5, 2018

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