Six INEC commissioners, 5 RECs for Kebbi guber

[MrVan]

By ABDALLAH EL-KUREBE Birnin Kebbi

Ahead of today's governorship rerun election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Kebbi state has disclosed that a total of six national commissioners and five Resident Electoral Commissioners would cover the governorship election in Kebbi.

Speaking with Saturday Vanguard in his office yesterday, Kebbi state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi said that among the  Resident Commissioners are those of Zamfara, Kano and Jigawa.

He added that with all necessary arrangements having been put in place, students of tertiary institutions and  members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC would participate in today's exercise.

Abdullahi said that  all relevant agencies, including the Police, State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Agency, NSCDC and INEC were working towards a hitch-free election.

"The Commission is working hard in collaboration with all stakeholders, including security agencies to ensure a hitch-free election," he said adding that the Commission would not condone the attitude of politicians and government officials who go around other polling units other than theirs in the name of supervision.

In a related development, the Kebbi state Chairman of the Conference of National Political Parties, CNPP, Alhaji Boyi Zaito Jega said that all the 15 political parties are ready for today's election.

 

"The members of the CNPP who participated in the last election and who are now eligible to participate in this election, are ready. We commend INEC for the level of preparedness it has attained."

Since INEC could not substitute candidates of the ACN and the CPC whose governorship candidates defected to the PDP, according to INEC, details of parties and their candidates would be used in the rerun election.

These parties include ACN, AD, ADC, ALP, ANPP, APGA, CPC, CPP, LP, NNPP, NSDP, NTP, PDP, PPA and PPP.

 

 

Vanguard Nigeria