INEC Shifts Rivers Rerun To March 19

The Independent National Electoral Commission has shifted the State and National Assembly rerun elections in Rivers State to March 19, 2016. INEC had initially fixed both rerun elections tentatively for February 6, 2016 through the outgoing Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state, Dame

Gesila Khan. But the state INEC Public Relations Officer, Antonia Nwobo, said signals about the change in the date for the exercise came after a stakeholders’ meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.Though no reason was given for the postponement of the rerun elections, INEC’s decision may not be unconnected with the position of most political parties that the time
given to them to prepare for the exercise was too short.Nwobo said through a text message sent to Punch correspondent on Tuesday, “Please, be informed that the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters at a meeting with stakeholders on February 1, 2016, has approved that rerun elections in Rivers State will be held on March 19, 2016.”