INEC has set April 15 for a supplementary election in Rivers

BY: News Peddlers 

INEC

The Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) has set Saturday, April 15 as the date for elections in polling units where the exercise was halted in Rivers' Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana Federal Constituencies on February 25.

Geraldine Ekelemu, the party's Rivers spokesperson, quoted the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Johnson Alalibo, as saying that elections would be held in 42 polling units and Registration Areas 04 and 07 in Khana/Gokana.

Mrs Ekelemu quoted Mr Alalibo as saying in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that elections would be held in 377 polling units and Registration Areas 05, 10 to 18 in the Port Harcourt II constituency.

Mr Alalibo urged voters to turn out in large numbers on Saturday to exercise their right to vote peacefully.

He assured that INEC was committed to completing the elections in affected areas successfully. 

(NAN)