Supplementary Polls Peaceful in 4 Rivers LGAs, Say Police

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9104ff84 police logo Supplementary Polls Peaceful in 4 Rivers LGAs, Say Police

The Rivers Police Command says there is calm in the four Local Government Areas of the state where Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting the State Constituency Assembly supplementary election.

DSP Nnamdi Omoni, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed this in a telephone message to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.

“There is calm in the four LGAs; there is no report of any incidence for now.

“Police personnel and officers from sister security agencies are on ground to ensure that the election is conducted in a peaceful atmosphere,” he said.

INEC, Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Rivers, Mr Edwin Enabor, said that senior officials of the commission were going round to monitor the election.

“The election is ongoing, and there is no case of violence incidence for now; we are keenly monitoring the process,” he said.

Enabor said that supplementary election was going on…



Source: Thisday Newspaper