Protesters storm Delta INEC office over alleged irregularities in Warri delineation

Over 200 Urhobo and Itsekiri residents of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State person protested astatine the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, bureau successful Asaba implicit alleged irregularities successful the delineation of electoral wards successful the area.

They alleged that the workout could undermine the governmental practice of their communities.

The protesters accused INEC of introducing fictitious names, unfamiliar wards and questionable polling units into the electoral operation of the LGA.

They called connected the committee to close what they described arsenic errors successful the delineation workout and guarantee that the electoral operation reflected the genuine ancestral settlements and interests of the antithetic taste groups successful the section authorities area.

Addressing the protesters, an Itsekiri leader, Samuel Meyiwa, said the assemblage had earlier embraced a governmental solution to the quality pursuing meetings involving stakeholders astatine the bureau of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

He alleged that unfamiliar names and addresses had been introduced into the electoral records, questioning however radical without verifiable ancestral homes oregon identifiable connections to the affected communities could beryllium recognised arsenic residents of Warri South.

He said the knowing reached was that fictitious names and addresses allegedly introduced into the Warri South electoral reco...