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INEC Will Cancel Election If… – REC Warns

SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, (THEWILL) –
Prof. Francis Ezeonu, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo has declared that the Commission will cancel elections in wards with irregularities adding that areas where ballot boxes were seized or where voting was marred by any violence would be voided.

The electoral commissioner said this on Friday while carrying out sensitisation campaign in Aboh Mbaise Local Government area of Imo declaring that INEC was prepared for free and fair elections devoid of violence and intimidation and urged stakeholders to cooperate with the commission to achieve this objective.

“INEC will not accept results in areas where ballot papers or boxes are carted away by hoodlums or any group or individuals. Election in that area will be cancelled,” he stated.

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“What INEC needs is cooperation from members of the community. If INEC does not receive cooperation of people in the communities, things will not be okay. I advise politicians and stakeholders to play by the rules and play good politics.”

Ezeonu reiterated the commitment of INEC to conduct credible polls in the fourth coming general elections and urged politicians to always ensure their followers enjoyed dividends of democracy to pave way for their re-election.

The electoral commissioner advised the people of Aboh Mbaise to ensure that all eligible voters in the area got their PVCs and went out and vote during election promising that the state INEC would ensure that all eligible voters registered through provision of more registration machines and re-visiting places where people were yet to be captured.

He said election in Nigeria would no longer be business as usual, adding that INEC was tightening its ropes against all aspects of rigging.

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