The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that soldiers and armed gangs were used to intimidate and unlawfully arrest its staff during the governorship election in Rivers state.
The Commission made this known in statement issued late Friday night expressed its displeasure with the role played by soldiers and armed gangs in Rivers State who disrupted the collation process and attempted “to subvert the will of the people.”
INEC National Commissioner on Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the commission would engage the security agencies at the national level and the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee at the State level to demand neutrality and professionalism of security personnel in order to secure a peaceful environment for the completion of the elections.
