The chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, Retired Justice, Enebeli has declared October 5 as the sacrosanct date for the conduct of Local Government Council election, amid speculations that the polls may not hold due to litigation.
Enebeli gave the assurance during a training for its staff in Port Harcourt on Monday, citing the state electoral law and the recent judgment of the Supreme Court which empowered the electoral body to conduct the scheduled elections.
He further emphasized that there is no current judgment or any other impediment against the conduct of the local government council elections, saying that RSIEC as the electoral umpire in the state is fully ready and prepared for the conduct of the elections on October, 5 2024.
Enebeli in his remarks, described the exercise as an investment that would help the electoral process have integrity.
He reminded the trainers that their role is to train its ad-hoc staff and other electoral officers, and assured that the commission remained determined to engender a free, fair, and credible and violence free elections in the state, stressing that out of 19 registered political parties, 18 were participating in the elections with over 300 contestants.
The chairman also assured that the names of contestants who scaled through the screening will be published between Monday and Tuesday.
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