Parties bicker over REC – News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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By Stanley Nwanosike

Political parties in Enugu state have ganged up against the national ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which has expressed no-confidence on the state Resident Electoral Commission (REC).

APC had also called for a shift in the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled to hold on Saturday.

No fewer than 70 parties in the state have rejected the call for the removal of the REC, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, who APC accused of bias.

Chief Afam Ani, the Public Relations Officer of the political parties operating on the platform of Coalition of Registered Political Parties, said the parties passed a vote of confidence on the REC.

He said that the parties agreed that elections must go on in the state on Saturday.

He said that the group disapproved APC’s call for the removal of the REC and a shift in the election on account of the allegations of bias and compromise against the REC.

He said that the group considered the allegations false and…



Source: News Agency of Nigeria