BENIN CITY-NATIONAL Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof.Atahiru Jega has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon Local Government Areas of Edo state in the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections over alleged involvement in the disappearance of result sheets provided for elections in those areas.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State, Mr Mike Igini who disclosed this during a meeting with leaders of both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state also said that some officers of the commission are being interrogated over alleged malpractices in the last elections, adding that those involved may face prosecution.

Igini disclosed further that after a meeting with the INEC Chairman in Abuja, the Commission decided that elections will be conducted in those areas where they had to postpone the elections due to late arrival of voting materials and disappearance of result sheets.

He said rescheduled elections will hold in the entire Orhiomwon Local Government Council, six wards in Uhumwonde, some wards and units in Ikpoba Okhai, Ovia North East, Ovia South West and Oredo Local Government Areas. While explaining that the winner of the Edo South senatorial election will emerge through a simple majority, the REC stressed that the winner of the senatorial election can only emerge after elections are held in these areas.

Just as he added that “Orhiomwon election is also very important because apart from the senate, we also have a House of Representatives seat at stake in that area. So the result will also be determined after the Orhionmwon and Uhumwonde elections” adding that card readers will be used for the Saturday elections across the state.

However, the areas he mentioned did not go down well with the PDP leaders including the state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, former Deputy Governor, Lucky Imasuen and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who insisted that election held in some parts of Orhiomnwon therefore the results should stand.

The tension in the hall heightened when the PDP leaders engaged in war of words with their APC counterparts when they made allegation and counter allegations about alleged ploy to rig the elections using some Electoral officers. The PDP leaders later excused the REC to enable them attend a meeting somewhere else.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/jega-sacks-two-eo-in-edo-says-elections-will-hold-in-orhiomwon-four-lgas/

Results was cancelled in APC strongholds, APC would have won Edo if not cos of that.

Expecting more and awaiting that of Rivers and Akwa Ibom

No malpractice in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa?

Very good..there is still a lot to do @ Rivers state

Collynzo9:
No malpractice in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa?

hav u seen any1 protesting over the electoral practices in any of these states? OR does the fact that Buhari got bloc votes from these areas mean elections there were not free and fair? Even the governors of Katsina and Jigawa that are PDP members didn't contest the results...So what is ur point, bro?

Na only rigging PDP sabi

The REC is a competent man compared to his counterpart in Rivers who conspires with Wike/PDP to rig election . More heads will roll as events unfold.

midolian:
hav u seen any1 protesting over the electoral practices in any of these states? OR does the fact that Buhari got bloc votes from these areas mean elections there were not free and fair? Even the governors of Katsina and Jigawa that are PDP members didn't contest the results...So what is ur point, bro?

I tire oooo! Them go just they made up fake allegation.

It's long overdue as the have be corrupted by PDP

Jega putting final touch to INEC, all corrupt INEC officials must go!

They have been Jegaed

why this critical moment?

Good one Jega. Corruption and malpractices must not be encouraged in INEC. I also suspect that Rivers Returning Officer . Was really fighting his conscience the other day

All these Space Bookers on Nairaland, in realife they are the ones that fight for land!! #Oloshi

That's Jega..

sack them if they are guilty.



But one thing is sure, The genesis of the political downfallof Oshomole alias the go-and-die governor has just begun. This is evident in the just concluded presidential election where he couldn't even deliver his state to his paymaster.


if you ask me, he rode on his average performance during his first term to convince or better still deceive Edo people to vote him in for a second term. Its glaring now that he has failed and the Edos can't wait to boot him and his APC agents out of office.

Ok----this opposition party called PDP sef

At alert to face any ORUBEBELISTIC situation.
Sack any offender

Make do something with dos PH own too

They shouldn't only b sacked but prosecuted

B

Lost but found careless owner!

bad thing
g[img]http://4.bp..com/-Bz0zT-1-fz0/VSWGUQGpanI/AAAAAAAAB0s/OTFdZUkTkgk/s1600/oija.jpg[/img]p

Hehehe Nigeria can conduct free and fair election... Ifahear!