YENAGOA___Another plot to alter the delegates list used in the recent botched election at Ijaw house, YENAGOA has been uncovered.
Our source revealed that letters had been circulated around traditional rulers to alter the list of delegates in various Ijaw kingdoms, in a view of removing names of perceived persons who are not loyal to do the biding of the political merchants.
The letters were allegedly authored by the same people who compromised the security apparatus in Bayelsa state to invades and disrupt the Saturday 29th June, 2019 INC election as alleged.
The move was alleged to position people who are loyal to the cabal as delegates to vote their preferred candidates uninterrupted.
But reacting to the ugly development, IPDI ,national president comrade Ozobo Austin said that the delegates list used in the June Sturday 29th INC elections remained the authentic list as he warned traditional rulers not to allowed themselves to be cowed or intimidated by people who do not mean well for Ijaw nation.
Ozobo said the move by suspected persons was a flagrant disregard of the decision of the Committee of Ijaw Traditional Rulers and Elders taken in their last meeting, a few days ago in Yenagoa and that bye election should be conducted only for those positions in which winners were not declared , and secondary the original delegate list used for the 29th June election should also be used in the conduct of the bye election.
The group alarmed that the time lines stipulated for people to raise objections on both the list of candidates and delegates for amendment which was earlier published in the election time table was over and that any attempt to doctored the original delegates list would be resisted as the original list was already in the public domain.
It said "We need to also remind ourselves that the task of rebuilding a united, strong and dependable INC, starts with the conduct of a credible INC election, where Ijaw people civil right to chose who should lead them must not be taken for granted"
"It is our interest to put all concerned persons on notice that if this threat to violate the process of a transparent INC election is not checked, Ijaw elders and traditional rulers be held responsible for the consequences of any legitimate action that may befall Ijaw nation"
The activist however appealed to the ELECO and Traditional Rulers and Elders in Ijaw nation not to allowed themselves to be used to perpetrate this Electoral fraud.
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