Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak has said the legislative rerun in Etche Local Government has been suspended indefinitely.
Ikoiwak told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt, the state capital, yesterday, the December 10 polls in the area were marred by violence.
He said elections were scheduled for a House of Assembly seat and House of Representatives for Etche/Omuma constituency.
Ikoiwak said elections did not take place in about 30 per cent of the local government because hoodlums disrupted activities in the area.
He said: “In Etche, elections did not take place in up to 30 per cent of the area. Even when deployments were made on eve of the election, hoodlums stopped Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials from going to polling units.
“Since they did not allow elections to be completed in Etche, that constituency will have to wait. This is because INEC will not go back immediately. Materials have already gone into the field. Some were snatched and destroyed. We need to plan for another election in the area.”
The REC said elections in Omuma Local Government had been concluded, adding that the result for the federal constituency would be announced when Etche was ready.