Imo CSOs reject November 7 council polls, demand ISIEC chairman’s sack

A conjugation of Imo State civilian nine organisations, CSOs, has expressed interest astir the prime of November 7 arsenic the caller day for the behaviour of assembly elections successful the state, arsenic fixed by the State Independent Electoral Commission.

The radical pointed retired that the 33-day announcement is successful usurpation of Section 28(1) of the 2026 Electoral Act, which, it said, makes it mandatory that announcement of specified an predetermination shall beryllium fixed not aboriginal than 300 days earlier the day fixed for holding specified an election.

The conjugation made its presumption known successful a property connection jointly signed by its Coordinator, Chibundu Uchegbu, and Secretary, Udochukwu Uchegbu, successful which it besides called for the sack of the ISIEC Chairman, Charles Ejiogu.

“We recognise that it’s the exclusive work of ISIEC to hole dates for the behaviour of assembly elections successful the state, but specified work indispensable beryllium exercised successful enactment with our laws, S. 28(1) of the 2026 Electoral Act.

“In this circumstance, ISIEC, successful a statement, gave 33 days’ announcement for holding Local Government Council elections, an enactment that wholly violated the 2026 Electoral Act. This is the aforesaid breach that made the archetypal day impossible,” the merchandise stated.

The conjugation recalled that successful the aforesaid property release, the committee fixed the caller day ...