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RIVERS ASSEMBLY RERUN: PPN withdraws from election over INEC’s conduct

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RIVERS ASSEMBLY RERUN: PPN withdraws from election over INEC's conduct

The number of political parties that will participate in Saturday’s rerun election for Gokana State Constituency of Rivers State has been reduced by one, after the withdrawal of the People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN).

The party stated that it was pulling-out of the election due to the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stating that the rerun was not necessary.

According to the National Chairman of PPN, Razak Eyiowuawi, and the party’s National Secretary, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba Yakasai, the rerun election amounted to the electoral body’s double standard, and they both said “all INEC needs to do is to call for the unit results in their possession as done in other local governments rather than call for a rerun.”

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In a letter made available to newsmen, in Ado Ekiti, which was addressed to the INEC National Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, dated April 10, entitled, ‘Notice of non-participation in the rerun election of Gokana State Constituency slated for Saturday, PPN said: “Our party and candidate will not participate in the rerun election and we ask for our exclusion as the result with us showed we won the March 9, 2019 election, and we urge INEC to declare same.

“PPN, which candidate contested for the Gokana State Constituency seat of River State on March 9, 2019, is aware that the election was conducted, votes counted, announced and recorded at various polling units and ward levels.

“We are also aware that the final collation was ongoing at the local government level before it was put on hold, due to security threat, and all results moved to INEC ‘s state office by police and INEC official,” PPN added.

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