Resident Electoral Commissioner incharge of Rivers State Mr Aniedi Ikowak has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) lacks the power to Cancel the March 19th 2016 Rerun election for Tai Local Government Area in Rivers State.
The Rivers Inec Boss stated this when he appeared on a Programme in Rythm 93.7Fm Portharcourt.
The Rec said the processes required by law had already been concluded in the Election
“We said it clearly, that the law does not allow for the commission to cancel any election that has been done at the polling unit, and we’re respecting that law, because it is backed up by the electoral act and the constitution. So as an individual or commission, you cannot go back on the law of the land.
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“Like I said before, the issue of suspension, like it affected other areas, was done in the course of elections, and it was the duty of the EOs at their own level to communicate that to those who were already in the field. So for that of Tai that the EO did not get the information, and did not communicate it to those who were in the field, how do you think that the people on the field will know? Are they angels? They may not be angels to know what was the position of the commission at the time.
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All our actions have shown that we are not biased. So we think that, not only INEC, but all other institutions, that Nigerians should begin to have confidence in their own institutions, unless they’re trying to tell us to begin to go to the moon to bring people to come and do this. If we are working with Nigerians, and there had been attempt to be honest and straight, then we should begin to have confidence in that institution.” Mr Aniedi Ikowak, Resident Electoral Commissioner announced.
