Bayelsa Governorship Poll: No Card Reader, No Voting– Yakubu

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Nigeria police have assured that they are ready for the conduct credible governorship election in Bayelsa State on Saturday.

The national chairman of the INEC,Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has put necessary arrangements needed to conduct free and fair poll despite the allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the plot by the All Progressive Congress (APC) to rig the elections.

The INEC boss added that no voter would be allowed to vote without accreditation through the card reader.

Yakubu,who spoke yesterday to journalists in Yenagoa during a visit to the state command of the police and the stakeholders’ meeting held between the political parties and INEC,said the commission has delivered 52, 000 permanent voter cards for the remaining local government areas of Sagbama,Yenagoa,Southern Ijaw and Kolokuma/Opokuma.

Yakub said the commission would ensure that no Bayelsa voter was disenfranchised in the coming election.

Credit: Leadership