The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) says all is set for the local government elections billed for today, October 5th, 2024.
Police authorities in the state have said they will not provide security for the exercise, citing a court order.
However, RSIEC late Friday said the election will go on as scheduled.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we emphasize unequivocally that the 5th October 2024 Local Government Council Elections in Rivers State will hold as scheduled, and there is no going back,” RSIEC said in a statement by its Commissioner for Civil Education/Public Affairs Tobin Tamunotonye.
Quoting the RSIEC LAW of 2018 and the judgment of Hon Justice I.P.C. Igwe of the High Court of Rivers State delivered on 4th September 2024, and the 1999 Constitution, he said the agency is empowered to conduct local government elections in the state.