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The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission said it had begun the process of conducting local government elections in the state.
This was contained in a public notice signed by the Chairman/Chief Electoral Commissioner of the commission, Adolphus Enebeli, and made available to newsmen Wednesday night.
This comes barely 24 hours after the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, while swearing in caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 Local government councils, said their tenure will not be long as the local government election will be held soon.
Already the tenure of the elected chairmen and councillors of the 23 local government areas of the state expired on Monday, 17th, which had triggered crisis in the state for the past few days.
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state, saying there is a full-blown war there. The APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, who made the call during a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday claims, that Rivers State is at war. Okocha opined that declaring a state of emergency in Rivers […]
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