INEC on Tuesday said it is committed to concluding the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano States which were disrupted by violence not later than 31st July, 2016.
The Commission said it will conduct the elections in the time frame provided that all necessary consultations and activities leading to the elections were concluded in time.
The Commission gave a stern warning, that in spite of its commitment, it would not return to conduct elections or hesitate to further postpone or discontinue the suspended elections in any area where there is imminent threat to lives or to peace or security, especially where such threats are likely to lead to breakdown of law and order.
In the statement issued by the Commission’s Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Oluwole Osaze Uzzi, the commission issued a road map for the resolution of the crisis and violence which led to the suspension of the elections in the affected areas and said it would fix the dates for the elections following consultations with political parties and candidates.
Source: Leadership
