Strong reports have it that INEC is set to choose a close date for the decisive election in the Southern Ijaw part of Bayelsa which was marred by electoral malpractices and violence.
Seriake Dickson and Timipreye Sylva
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may soon fix the date for a repeat election for Southern Ijaw council that was cancelled eight days ago, according to the Guardian.
Though the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Baritor Lenu Kpagih, told a correspondeht that the final decision on when the rerun would hold was with the national headquarters, an investigation revealed that efforts were on top gear to ensure that the election would not exceed the 14 days stipulated by the Electoral Act.
A source within the Maitama head office of INEC, confided in The Guardian that the commission was considering December 19, 2015 as the probable date for the repeat election in the troubled Southern Ijaw local government council.
He added that the inter-agency committee put together by the National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was working conscientiously to come up with a foolproof strategy that would ensure that election materials would be taken to the wards and polling units under maximum security so that accreditation and voting would take place simultaneously.