RIVERS: 85 political parties tackle INEC to conclude election process

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to diligently conclude the official Collation and Declaration of the Rivers State Governorship Election results.

The call was made as thousands of members of 85 INEC Registered Political Parties on Wednesday marched through the streets of Port Harcourt, celebrating the re-election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

Gathered under the aegis of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), leaders and members of the registered political parties, carried placards during the peaceful march with inscriptions like; “Army Stop Disrupting the Collation Process in Rivers State “, “Army Please Allow INEC Conclude the Collation Process “, “Rivers People Overwhelmingly Voted for Governor Wike on March 9”, “We Shall Continue to Defend our Votes” and “Obo Effanga is a Professional and We are confident in his capacity to deliver”.

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Addressing members, Sir Precious Baridoo, Chairman of IPAC Rivers State, Sir Precious Baridoo called on INEC to continue with the Collation and Declaration of the Governorship election results.

He said: “Let the election process continue in Rivers State. We are telling INEC to follow through with the process. We condemn in totality, the calls by a few persons for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga. We want him to continue and conclude his job”.

Sir Baridoo added that nothing should be done outside the law because the INEC process is constitutional.

“INEC process is constitutional and must be allowed to take place. It should be done normally for the peaceful co-existence of Rivers State,” he added.

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