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RIVERS: INEC insists it will not accept results signed under duress

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5 years ago

March 9, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Rivers State has said it would not accept any result signed and collected under duress.

INEC’s Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Rivers State, Mr Edwin Enabor, stated this while speaking with newsmen in reaction to alleged snatching of results in Port Harcourt.

“If any result emanates or comes in as result of duress, INEC will not accept it.

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“Definitely the commission will know what to do but the report has to be documented,” he said.

Enabor also disclosed that INEC is yet to verify the alleged snatching of results from collation officers by some men in military uniform.

“We are yet to verify if the security people alleged of snatching of results were actually real security men or persons putting on their uniform.

“We have to be sure first because it is only the authorities that can authenticate whether they are actually their men or not,” he said.

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