The Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hale Gabriel Longpet, has expressed concerns about the state’s forthcoming November 11 governorship polls.
The Kogi REC made this submission at a stakeholders’ meeting organised before the state’s election.
Longpet submitted that he nurtures fear about the election not holding in some areas of the state due to communal crisis and flooding.
According to him, those marked areas include Ibaji and part of Bassa, where floods are expected.
He cautioned political parties to play by the rules of the game while noting that the role of INEC is to conduct the election within the ambit of the law.
While recounting how the last election was characterised by instability and damage to life and properties, the Kogi REC assumed that the commission is perfecting plans to hold free, fair, and credible elections in the November 11 governorship election in the state.
He added, “Final list of candidates contesting the November 11th governorship election in the state has been published. Campaign in public is expected to commence on June 14th. Let us all engage in the campaign of issues and caution supporters to operate with the rules as amended in Electoral Act 2022.”
Longpet also admonished other political actors to shun thuggery and other vices for a peaceful election.
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