Just In: INEC slates 20th march for the completion of Rivers States' Elections

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Wednesday, March 20, 2019 for the consummation of surveys in six nearby government territories of Rivers State where decisions did not hold amid March 9 gubernatorial and state place of get together races even as it grimaced at the jobs played by certain troopers and furnished posses in attempting to upset the desire of the general population as communicated in the governorship and state gathering race in the state.

The choice pursued the report of the reality discovering board of trustees set by the Commission to test the interruption of the resemblance of results in territories of the state.

The Commission, in an announcement on Friday night, said that grouped outcomes in 17 neighborhood government regions of Rivers state are sheltered in the guardianship of INEC while aftereffects of 21 out 32 state bodies electorate of the state had been proclaimed before the suspension of the procedure by INEC.

It said it will continue with the assemblage of the rest of the outcomes while the point by point course of events for finish of the race on Wednesday 20 would before long be discharged. The announcement issued by Barrister Festus Okoye read:

"On the tenth of March 2019, the Commission suspended every single appointive procedure in Rivers State having established that there was far reaching disturbance of examination of aftereffects of the decisions directed on the ninth day of March 2019. In this way, the Commission set up a Fact-Finding Committee to evaluate the circumstance and report back inside 48 hours.

"The Commission met on the 15m day of March 2019 and considered the report of the Committee and set up the accompanying:

"That the Governorship and State Assembly decisions occurred in the greater part of the surveying units and results were declared.

"That the outcomes from 17 Local Governments out of 23 are accessible and are in the Commission's care.

"That the Declaration and Returns for 21 State Constituencies out of 32 were made preceding the suspension.

"That resemblance focuses were attacked by certain troopers and outfitted groups bringing about the terrorizing and unlawful capture of decision authorities accordingly disturbing the assemblage procedure.

"Resulting upon the prior, the Commission:

"Communicates its dismay with the pretended by certain troopers and equipped posses in Rivers State disturbing the resemblance procedure and endeavoring to subvert the desire of the general population.

"INEC is focused on quick consummation of the examination procedure where aftereffects of the decisions have been reported.

"Will draw in the security offices at the national dimension and the lnter-Agency Consultative Committee at the State level to request lack of bias and polished skill of security work force so as to verify a tranquil domain for the culmination of the decisions.

"Will likewise draw in with key partners in Rivers State with the end goal of guaranteeing a smooth and tranquil fulfillment of the procedure.

"Will issue point by point timetables and exercises for the fulfillment of the race on Wednesday, March twentieth, 2019."