Election Postponement: Army, Police Cordon CBN, INEC Office In Port Harcourt
Hours after Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officially postponed Saturday’s elections, the commission’s office in Port Harcourt and that of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, remain cordoned by heavy joint military and police teams.
Several team of hefty military personnel Saturday surrounded the premises and barred movement through the Port Harcourt office of the CBN where several sensitive elections materials were still stock while the INEC office remains no go area for unauthorised movement with Armoured Personnel Carriers and teeming military and police personnel warding off pedestrians.
Meanwhile bus drivers hired to transport electoral materials across the state have staged a protest in the Rivers capital, demanding that INEC pays them full pay for their services despite truncating the exercises midway.
Spokesperson for the protesting drivers, Precious Ken, noted that the postponement of the election was not their fault, and that they would not be doing any other job for the day except the one they were hired to do by INEC.
Respondent for INEC, Cletus Ibe, said there was no need for the drivers to express worry, assuring that the commission would ensure that the bus drivers get what is due them.
