Wariowei said the Commission received the sensitive materials on Wednesday and distribution had commenced in Ekeremor Local Government Area on Thursday
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Following the cancellation of the election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, the All Progressives Congress had said Francis, on oath, claimed that Dickson allegedly bribed the REC to the tune of N200 million to compromise the election
But the IYC in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chairman of its Central Zone, Bobolaiyefa Owopelei, demanded that governor Dickson should sue the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Francis for defamation of character to clear his name
The parties are the Peoples Redemption Party, the Peoples Progressive Party and the Better Nigeria Progressive Party
“Why is Sylva afraid to be part of a rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw if truly he knows he is popular and on ground there to win the votes of the people? What is Sylva doing moving from one office to the other in Abuja holding nocturnal meetings and begging anyone who he thinks hold the ace to help him become governor again, rather than staying back in Bayelsa to reach out to the people of Southern Ijaw and see if he can manage to get at least ten percent of the votes in the rescheduled election?
In a petition to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, which was copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), Sylva stated that the commission lacked the powers to cancel already concluded or ongoing election
Attah said the group has observed with disdain the inconclusive nature of elections in recent times, a practice that portends injustice and malpractice, which has the very potential to take back the nation’s progressing democracy to the dark ages of rigging and electoral fraud that have nearly been surmounted by the former leadership of the election umpire
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Monday said it is proud of the actions and concerted efforts of its members in resisting rigging and impunity
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Halilu Pai, while supervising the distribution in Lokoja on Thursday, said the materials included ballot papers and result sheets, among others
Simbini said: “We discovered in some polling units three major problems during the accreditation in this bye-election: underaged, fake party agent cards and low turnout of voters
Baritor Kpagih, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Saturday
The seat became vacant when the occupant, Jeffrey Dashe of the PDP, died on August 25 after a protracted illness.
Mike Dachom, the state Organizing Secretary of the PDP, told newsmen in Jos on Thursday that his party had apprehensions over the slated poll following rumours that the state ruling party had bought over INEC and some security agencies
Kpagih said the commission had prepared well for the election, adding that the state office had started taking delivery of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials
Dazang, however, said the All Progressives Congress was yet to inform the Commission of the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the party’s flag bearer in the election.
Melaye said this while addressing journalists shortly after the declaration of the results of the election by INEC
He said: “There was also an incident in Dekina where a ballot box was snatched even when voting had not started.
“There was also one ward, 27, at Anyigba, where ballot and result sheets were torn
Pai said the materials would be taken to the INEC offices in the 21 local government areas of the state from where they would later in the day be shared among the 239 wards
The director advised politicians to employ alternative dispute resolution in resolving election disputes, describing it as cheaper and time effective
The National Commissioners who took the oath of office on Monday were Amina Zakari, Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, Prof. Antonia Taiye Okoosi-Simbine, Dr. Muhammed Mustafa Lecky and Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo
Dazang explained that the figure represented voters whose data were collected at the just-concluded Continuous Voter Registration and the commission’s approval to received voters transfer requests in the two states