AKISIEC to conduct fresh election in Ward 11, Esit-Eket, Saturday

by Mfonobong Ukpong

Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC is to conduct a fresh election into the Councillorship seat in Ward 11, Esit-Eket local government area on Saturday 7th November, 2020.

This follows the cancelation of the exercise by the electoral body as a result of some irregularities from the process of collation to the actual conduct of the election.

Featuring on a live radio interview, Monday on Comfort FM, Chairman of the commission, Elder Aniedi Ikoiwak explained that by taking over the conduct of elections from the Supervisor Presiding Officer the candidate of NRM ended up conducting the election for himself during the just concluded Saturday election.

The AKISIEC boss noted that the commission would not be a party to any electoral process that is not inline with the electoral law.

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