The Independent National Electoral Commission has excluded the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and African Democratic Congress from the February 21 bye-election for two constituencies in the Rivers State House of Assembly.
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Gabriel Yomere, disclosed this during a meeting with security agencies at the commission’s office in Port Harcourt on Friday.
He said 12 candidates from seven political parties were cleared to participate in the election.
The two constituencies are Ahoada East Constituency 2, where the former lawmaker Edison Ehie resigned his membership of the House, and Khana Constituency 2, where the legislator Dinebari Loolo died after an illness in September 2023.
Yomere, while assuring citizens of a free, fair and credible poll, disclosed that the PDP, LP and ADC were excluded for not meeting the requirements, including failure to hold primaries.
He stated, “The nomination forms and the list of candidates that will participate in this election were received by us and we have also made that public. It is of interest to tell the public that 12 candidates are participating in this election from seven political parties.
“Out of these 12 candidates, seven are participating in Ahoada East 2 Constituency and five candidates are participating in Khana 2 Constituency.
“We have the AA, APC, APN, BP, NNPP, YPP and ZLP. These are the parties that will participate in the elections.
“The issue of ADC, they participated in the primaries, but if you look at a clause in the primary, it states that they have to upload results to the INEC portal at headquarters within a given period, and they failed to do that. That’s why they were excluded. Nobody is interested in excluding them.
“Unfortunately, for the PDP, they said they did not even take part in the primaries. The Labour Party said they had litigation, which is why they were not here.”
He said movement of persons would be restricted in the two constituencies on election day, adding that all Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System machines for the poll have been configured and non-sensitive materials received.
Yomere further said that only INEC staff, not ad hoc staff, would conduct the elections.
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