NO ELECTION IN 7 WARDS IN NEMBE - Election OBSERVERS...

LOCATION OF INEC OFFICALS, ELECTORAL MATERIALS UNKNOWN..

An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accredited observer for the House of Assembly election in Bayelsa State, Women Arise Group, has said voting did not take place in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking to journalists in Nembe this afternoon accompanied by a team of other observers who monitored the House of Assembly elections in the state, Lawson said his team moved around various wards and discovered that there were no elections in seven wards under Constituency 2 are 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 all in Nembe- Bassambiri.

Lawson who is a Senior Senior Programmes Officer, further disclosed that the polling units in the aforementioned wards were all deserted and there was no presence of INEC officials nor party agents.

"Our findings revealed that the materials meant for the affected units were diverted to an unknown destination by kingpins of a political party and their thugs for illegal thumb printing.

"It was also learnt that members of one of the political parties, including their candidates, were prevented by thugs from entering the community," he said.

The group called on INEC to take a critical look into the situation in the area, especially the acts of thuggery and violation of the Electoral Act.
It said most voters in the area were disenfrachised as a result of the violence unleashed by political thugs.

It would be recalled that a similar scenario occurred a fortnight ago in the area but curiously INEC announced results of elections that did not hold in the community.
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