Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu
The Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly has frowned at the inability of the fact-finding committee set up by the Army to look into the involvement of the military during the 2019 election to by-pass youth leaders during their visit to the state.
The Chairman Board of Trustee Rivers State Youth Leaders Assembly State KENNEDY WEST said the youths are victims of the election violence during the crisis.
KENNEDY WEST also called on the INEC to quickly announce the results of the 17 local government areas in their possession.
He said that INEC is unfair to have prolonged the announcement of the governorship and house of assembly elections results in Rivers State.
“We had a meeting with over 100 youth leaders under the auspices of Rivers State Youth Assembly to x-ray the political situation in Rivers State and we came up with the resolutions first that we want to query INEC for the prolong ceremony towards collation of 17 local government results they have in their possession”
“We feel it’s a plan with the opposition party to hijack the will of Rivers people as being expressed on the 9th of March, 2019. We feel that INEC is unfair to Rivers people because their processes are against the INEC procedures towards electioneering processes” he said.
In his comment, the President General of Rivers State Youth Leaders PRINCE JEMINIMIENA urged INEC to as a matter of urgency announce the results of the March 9th governorship and house of assembly elections for the sake of peace in the state.
He said the Rivers State Youth Assembly will meet to review the recent time table released by INEC on the conclusion of the electoral process in Rivers State.
