- Okocha meets IPAC, RSIEC
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Mr. Tony Okocha, has called on the Chairman of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), to ensure prompt conduct of the local government election as soon as the tenure of the serving chairmen/councillors ends.
The chairmen have less than six months to end their tenure.
Okocha and members of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in the state visited Enebeli at RSIEC office in Port Harcourt to ascertain the level of readiness by the election umpire for the exercise.
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He told the RSIEC chairman that the Supreme Court had since outlawed the setting up of a Caretaker Committee (CTC) in council areas, hence the need to ensure that elections into council offices were conducted as and when due, to avoid any form of vacuum in the level of government.
Speaking to reporters at the end of the meeting, Okocha hailed the Chairman of IPAC and RSIEC for the peaceful deliberation.
He said: “The tenure of the serving chairmen and councillors in Rivers State will end soon, and it has become necessary for RSIEC to notify the political parties about the timetable for the elections within the stipulated time.”
The APC chairman confirmed that his party would participate fully in the elections.
He said it aimed to win in the 23 local governments and 319 wards.
He expressed confidence in the calibre of the chairman and members of the commission and trusted their experience and capability to deliver a credible, free, fair and unbiased election in the state.
He called on the governor and security agencies to ensure that they provided an enabling and peaceful environment in the state, in order to ensure a seamless local government election.