BREAKING: INEC Sacks All Collation Returning Officers in Imo (See Why)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State, has dismissed all its trained collation and returning officers for the 2019 elections and has replaced them with fresh hands, mouthpieceNG gathered.
According to report, though no official statement was issued to this effect. Similarly, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, and the commission’s spokesperson, Emannuella Opara, have refused to either confirm nor deny the development.
MouthpieceNG learnt that ad-hoc staff, who were recruited across the higher institutions in the state, were accused of compromising the electoral process during the presidential and National Assembly elections two weeks ago.
The INEC did not announce their sack until this morning when fresh hands were brought into the state from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
However, due to a shortage of the required number needed, MouthpieceNG garhered that “INEC had to sieve its earlier lists to recruit those found worthy.
It will be recalled that the commission complained that many of its ad-hoc staff colluded with politicians to frustrate the last elections.