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#NigeriaDecides2023: INEC Suspends NASS Election In Port Harcourt, Warns Attackers To Stay Off Collation Officer

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The National Assembly elections in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area Rivers State have been suspended.

Naija News understands that the State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Johnson Sinikiem, said the senatorial election in Port Harcourt and PHALGA II House of Representatives poll was suspended due to alleged irregularities.

The INEC commissioner disclosed this at the INEC Collation Centre in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

Sinikiem also revealed that the commission would conduct thorough investigations to decide the next line of action.

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He as well warned the people threatening the life of the State Presidential Election Collation Officer and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Otuoke, Prof. Teddy Adias to stay off his track.

Sinikiem said: “I want to urge the public and our critical stakeholders to know that the function of a state collation officer is just to collate results of elections conducted at the various Local Government Areas of the State.

“He is not a supervising presiding officer nor a presiding officer that conducts elections at the polling units. He is only collating results already collated at the local government area level that cannot be changed except by the verdict of an Election Tribunal.

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“I urge those concerned, to seize forthwith in unleashing threats because his job does not involve accreditation, voting, counting, computation, validation of votes by parties at primary and Secondary levels.”

Sinikiem however called on security agencies including the Commissioner of Police and Co-Chairman, of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security to help in preventing attempts to truncate the collation of presidential election results in River.

Recall that Teddy Adias had earlier in the day raised an alarm over death threats on him and his family by some alleged members of the Labour Party.

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