INEC Ready to Commence Suspended Elections Not Later than July

A deadline has been given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting of the suspended elections. INEC made this revelation on Tuesday as it said it is committed to concluding the suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and Kano States, which were disrupted by violence not later than 31st July, 2016. The Commission agrees that it will conduct the elections in the time frame provided that all necessary consultations and activities leading to the elections were concluded in time. A serious warning was issued by the commission, that in spite of its commitment, it would not return to conduct elections or hesitate to further postpone or discontinue the suspended elections in any area that is unstable or where there is a threat to life or lack of security, especially where such threats are likely to lead to breakdown of law and order. In the statement issued by Mr Oluwole Osaze Uzzi, the Commission’s Director of Publicity and Voter Education, the commission issued a road map for the resolution of the crisis and violence which led to the suspension of the elections in the affected areas. And the commission agreed that it would fix the dates for the elections following consultations with political parties and candidates.