BREAKING: INEC Suspend Compilation of Results In Rivers Over Threat To Life of Collation Officer
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended the collation Of presidential election results In Rivers State due to what the commission alleged to be death threat to the life of the collation officer, Professor Teddy Adias.
Prof Adias who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, said this at the resumption of collation at the INEC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning, saying the threats were from supporters of a particular political party.
He stated, “I have been receiving threats, messages and calls to my life and that of my family for two days now. My picture is all over the social media that I was sent to rig the elections in Rivers State.