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INEC suspends elections in 6 LGAs

INEC Ballot box.
INEC Ballot box.
Ikoiwak had earlier described allegations that INEC sent fake election materials to some local government areas as untrue.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended voting exercise in some Local Government Areas following several cases of  irregularities.

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Vanguard Newspaper reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers, Aneidi Ikoiwak, made this known to the public.

The affected local government areas are Bonny, Gokana, Abua/Odual, Andoni, Eleme and Tai.

Ikoiwak said that the unrest started after party agents attacked INEC officials for allegedly using fake election materials in their areas.

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“All INEC materials used for the election are genuine,” he said.

Several irregularities have trailed the on-going Rivers legislative rerun and has attracted more attention to the state.

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