Protesters mass around PDP secretariat
Protest rocks Rivers PDP secretariat over LG polls
There is serious protest at the Peoples Democratic Party’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with massive presence of security operatives.
The massive protest, said to be in connection with the upcoming Local Government election in the state, has caused slow movement of vehicles on the road, as security officers struggle to control the crowd of protesters.
However, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insisted it had not yet released the 2023 Voter Register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC).
Speaking to the press, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Johnson Alalibo, in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, said RSIEC had applied for the Register, but it was yet to be released to them because of administrative reasons.
He confirmed that the Commission received the court judgement from Abuja barring the Commission from releasing the register.
The local government election is scheduled for October 5, 2024.
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