{"id":252233,"date":"2023-02-28T15:51:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=252233"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:51:19","slug":"breaking-inec-suspends-nass-elections-in-port-harcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/breaking-inec-suspends-nass-elections-in-port-harcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: INEC suspends NASS elections in Port Harcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended National Assembly elections in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/election-results-inec-reacts-to-alleged-rigging-for-apc-resignation-calls-against-yakubu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commission<\/a> also warned persons bullying and threatening the State Presidential Election Collation Officer and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Otuoke, Prof. Teddy Adias, to steer clear of the professor.<\/p>\n<p>The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Johnson Sinikiem, said the senatorial election in Port Harcourt and PHALGA II House of Representatives poll was suspended following alleged irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>Sinikiem, who spoke at the INEC Collation Centre in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the commission would conduct thorough investigations to decide the next line of action.<\/p>\n<p>On the threat to the life of Adias and his family members, HE explained that persons angry with the professor were ignorant of the functions of the collation officer.<\/p>\n<p>Sinikiem said: \u201cI want to urge the public and our critical stakeholders to know that the function of a state collation officer is just to collate results of elections conducted at the various Local Government Areas of the State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not a supervising presiding officer nor a presiding officer that conducts elections at the polling units. 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