The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
rescheduled the House of Assembly elections in eight of the 24 constituencies
of Bayelsa State.
Instead of holding today, the affected
constituencies will hold their elections on April 18.
The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),
Mr. Baritor Kpagih, said in a statement yesterday that the affected
constituencies are Ekeremor Constituencies 1, 2, and 3; Kolokuma/Opokuma
Constituencies 1 and 2; Sagbama Constituencies 1 and 2; and Southern Ijaw Constituency
1.
Kpagih said the election would hold as scheduled
in other 16 constituencies today.
Surprisingly, the REC failed to state the reason for the
postponement.
He, however, stated that the election was shifted
because of the position of stakeholders that election should not hold ‘without
full complements of the ballot papers.’
He said: “Following the stand of the stakeholders
that no election should take place in the state without full complement of
ballot papers, having regard to the total PVCs distributed, the State House of
Assembly election slated for today in Bayelsa State has been rescheduled to
Saturday, April 18.”
It was gathered that the political parties and their
candidates insisted on the postponement because of irregularities in the
ballot papers for the constituencies.
It was further learnt that the numbers of ballot papers
sent to the constituencies were inadequate.
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