INEC Confirms Death Of NYSC Member, To Hold Fresh Polls In Violence-Affected Areas

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has confirmed on monday that one of its ad hoc staff, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Mr. Samuel Dumebi Okonta, was killed

 during the exercise. This is as a result of the widespread violence and electoral irregularities,
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would have to conduct fresh
polls in all the areas where it suspended the electoral process in Rivers State due to the violence and criminality that characterised the elections in the state at the weekend.On Sunday, INEC released the results of nine state constituencies and one federal constituency in which rerun elections were held in Rivers State, but suspended the electoral process in all other constituencies in the state where results were not announced, blaming its action on widespread violence that marred the elections.