INEC suspends Imo North rerun indefinitely

Following the protests staged by some youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some women at the Imo state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended indefinitely, the scheduled rerun slated for today.

According to the administrative secretary of the commission in the state, Chinedu Oburunobi, who addressed journalists yesterday, INEC was not comfortable with the protests and disturbances, hence the reason for the suspension of the rerun.

It would be recalled that hundreds of youths of APC and some women besieged the INEC office along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri as early as 7am, demanding the removal of some officers of the commission they claimed belonged to the opposition party.

The rerun exercise arose as a result of the cancellation of the 2015 election for Imo North sen¬atorial zone won by Chief Athan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenged by Benjamin Uwajumogu, former Speaker of the state assembly.