Council poll: PLASIEC to disqualify candidates who shunned screening

The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission says it will disqualify any party chairmanship or councillorship candidate who shunned its screening for the January 30 poll.
Samuel Dalyop, a PLASIEC commissioner, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Pankshin, Plateau State.
The screening ended on January 8.
The exercise was to verify the status and claims of the candidates to qualify for the polls.
Dalyop said: “Besides, any candidate screened must meet the criteria of the commission else such candidate will be disqualified.
“We are taking this exercise serious and will not tolerate any excuse from any candidate that failed to attend the screening exercise.
“The result of the screening exercise would be released next week to give room for complaints and appeals.”
Dalyop, who led a six-man committee that screened candidates in Pankshin centre, urged the contestants to go about their campaigns with maturity and in the spirit of sportsmanship.
He reminded them to take the outcome of the elections in good faith.