Brave Dickson
The Independent National Electoral Commission has debunked an allegation that it redeployed some suspicious assistant electoral officers to Rivers State.
INEC refuted the allegation in a statement signed on behalf of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner by Mark Usulor who is the commission’s HOD, Voter Education & Publicity.
According to the statement: “The attention of the management of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rivers State has been drawn to a viral publication alleging suspicious redeployment/posting of some electoral officers to the head office and we wish to clarify the above allegation as follows:
- “The posting/redeployment of staff of the commission is the prerogative of the commission and strictly an administrative procedure which followed due process.
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“No electoral officer was withdrawn or redeployed from the field/local government area to the head office. The affected staff were assistant electoral officers.
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“There was no ethnic dichotomy in the redeployment process.”
“We, therefore, wish to re-assure the public of our commitment towards ensuring that all our processes (both internal and external) leading to the 2023 general elections follow stipulated principles and guidelines.”
