Posted on: 05:52 Tue, 26 Jan 2016



The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) has formally announced the date for
Benue South Senatorial District rerun election.

Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the
state, Prof. Istifanus Dafwang disclosed that the
rerun will hold February 20.

He made disclosure on Tuesday during the
IPAC/INEC interactive session held ahead of the
election.

The REC urged the general public to ignore the
earlier February 13 date that was widely
reported by many media outfits.

Dafwang also revealed that all non-sensitive
materials had already been put in place while
sensitive materials were being prepared to meet
up with the date. He assured of the availability
of all the needed sensitive materials needed for
the election.

He explained that the commission would be
adopting simultaneous accreditation and voting
process in which voters would go to their polling
units with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)
by 8am on the election date.

While disclosing that the process would be
completed by 4pm that day at the Polling Unit
and 6pm at the Registration Areas /Ward and
the local government areas, Dafwang stated
that collation of votes would commence
immediately after voting is completed.

He, however, appealed to the contestants, key
stakeholders, opinion leaders, party supporters
and voters to adhere to the rules of the game
as stipulated in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution
and the Electoral Acts 2010 as amended.

“We plead that political campaigns should be
devoid of hate speeches and violence which
should transcend to the Election Day and
thereafter. We should be ‘ballots without bullets’
because that is the only way the electoral
process can succeed,” he said