The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, warned politicians and their supporters that the era of snatching ballot boxes and other election materials during polls was over.
INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Dame Gesila Khan, who handed down this warning during an interactive session with leaders of political parties in the state, added that the era where some politicians write election results in hotels or elsewhere had passed.
Khan stressed that some measures put in place by the commission had made such malpractices unnecessary, maintaining that it would be difficult for anybody to write election results within a place not recognised by the constitution.
She pledged that INEC was going to do its best to ensure that only the outcome of the general elections was announced and not anything contrary.
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The REC said, “If you had followed Delta Central election in October 2013, you would know that we are ready to work in Rivers State. The zone is known for violence, but INEC was able to conduct the election without violence.
“The era where election materials disappear into thin air has passed. The era where politicians sit in a hotel or elsewhere and write results is over.
“Politicians should go and canvass for votes and let the people decide. Nobody is going to write results anywhere. The results that would be announced are the ones collated on the field. We are going to do our work by the grace of God.”
Explaining why it would be difficult for anybody to rig the forthcoming elections, Khan added that different ballot papers would be posted to various local government areas.
The REC pointed out that each local government area would have a different colour attached to it while the result sheets would be coded according to the area they would be used.
Khan, however, urged the political parties in the area to support INEC’s determination to conduct a free and fair election, even as she urged politicians to eschew violence before, during and after the polls. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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