The Chairman, Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, Mike Ogbodu, had on Sunday ordered a re-run election in the two councils following widespread violence including the burning of the DSIEC office in Ughelli by political thugs. But the state Chairman of the APC, Prophet Jones Erue, urged the DSIEC to organise a fresh election in all the 25 local government areas as election did not take place across the state last Saturday. The APC chairman said although it was prepared to participate in the council election, what happened fell short of a free and fair election as the exercise was marred by irregularities. The Okowa government rigged his own election by confiscating all sensitive election materials including result sheets and then resorted to writing all the results and handing same to DSIEC to announce. “We will therefore not participate in the elections in the two LGAs fixed for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 9, 2018.”Copyright PUNCH.

Source: Punch January 09, 2018 00:33 UTC