INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed between April 2 and April 5 for the collation
of results for Rivers governorship election.
Okoye said according to the timelines for the state election, an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee Election on Security meeting will hold on March 29 in the state. “Thereafter, there will be resumption of collation and announcement of result and this will take place between April 2 and April 5 and it will take place in Port Harcourt.
Okoye added that April 19 has been fixed for the issuance of all outstanding Certificates of Return in relation to the election. “While the election was suspended in Rivers, it was declared inconclusive in six states: Bauchi, Adamawa, Benue, Plateau, Sokoto and Kano,’’ he said. He said that there were four lawmakers in that category whom INEC had refused to issue certificates because their results were declared under duress.
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