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INEC To Name Four RECs For Imo Gubernatorial Rerun

Four resident electoral commissioners have been recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to administer the crucial rerun elections in Imo State on Friday, May 6, 2001.

Four resident electoral commissioners have been recruited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to administer the crucial rerun elections in Imo State on Friday, May 6, 2001.

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The rerun election was decided upon at a Friday meeting headed by Prof. Attahiru Jega to determine what needed to be done to avert a constitutional crisis in the state. Unscrupulous INEC officials had connived with the incumbent governor, Ikedi Ohakim, to declare the state gubernatorial elections held on April 26 2011 "inconclusive" even though it was out rightly won by the APGA candidate, Rochas Okorocha.
 
INEC has contacted for state RECs to conduct a "credible election rerun" but SaharaReporters sources said two of the RECs recruited have a troubled history of electoral fraud and could not be trusted to deliver on the hopes and expectations of the people of Imo state who are aspiring to end the tragic leadership of Mr. Ohakim in the state via last Friday's election.
 
As SaharaReporters already revealed, Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan weighed in at the last minute to ensure that a rerun in four local government areas and one ward in the state is conducted. President Jonathan wants to provide Ohakim a better chance at winning the rerun especially in Oguta where former Senator Arthur Nzeribe hails from.
 
Already, voters in the state have condemned the inclusion of Humphrey Nwaghene, formerly the REC at Delta state who had declared Emmanuel Uduaghan as the governor in 2007, an election that was later upturned by an appeal court tribunal. Mr. Nwaghene is currently the REC in Ebonyi. Also troubling is the inclusion of Hon. Ikoiwak Aniebe, the REC of Rivers state, who is to manage the process. Election analysts told SaharaReporters that Mr. Aniebe has poor electoral records and could not be trusted to midwife a free and fair rerun in Imo state.
 
 Other officials contacted to conduct the rerun include Mike Ighini, current the REC of Cross Rivers state and Austin Okogie of Abia state.

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