The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it has not officially released the voter register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) despite claims made by RSIEC officials. INEC cites a federal high court order restraining the release of voter registers as the reason for withholding the document.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has not officially released the voter register to the Rivers state Independent Electoral Commission .On September 30, the federal high court in Abuja hasThe All Progressives Congress , in an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/987/2024, had argued that the RSIEC was yet to meet the conditions for the conduct of the LG elections.
“The tradition of the commission is that before an election for state at the local government, the only responsibility that we have is to give them voters register because we are empowered to maintain and keep voters register for the country,” he said.“However, to make it very clear, the RSIEC has written to us about two times for release of the register, but we have not released it.
“We received. from our headquarters, an order from a federal high court restraining INEC from releasing the registers. “So until now, we have not officially handed over the Rivers state voters register to RSIEC, we have not! The ICT department housed the voter register. “And the voter register is in a soft copy and it is in two ways. Either we give it to them in soft copy, we photocopy it both black and white and colour then we stamp certified true copy.“But we have not given them. There is no register in our office that will show that we have handed over such documents to them. But they have written.”
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