ADC raises alarm over electoral officers’ redeployment in Rivers

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rivers State Chapter, has called connected the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to explicate the caller redeployment of 7 Electoral Officers from the state, amid allegations that governmental interests whitethorn beryllium seeking to power the electoral machinery up of the 2027 wide elections.

In a connection signed by its Publicity Secretary, Chizy Enyi, the enactment said it recognised INEC’s authorization to deploy and redeploy its personnel, but insisted that specified decisions indispensable beryllium transparent and escaped from governmental interference, peculiarly successful Rivers State.

The ADC said it had received accusation suggesting that immoderate of the redeployed officers were considered unacceptable to definite governmental interests due to the fact that they were perceived arsenic unwilling to compromise their nonrecreational independency oregon instrumentality instructions extracurricular INEC’s lawful authority.

The enactment besides alleged that immoderate consequent postings and projected redeployments whitethorn person been influenced by persons associated with the governmental grouping known arsenic the “Rainbow Coalition”.

The ADC, howe...