Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State arrived at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) headquarters early Friday morning to challenge police attempt to seize control of the premises.
The governor said he received information that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DC) in charge of operations had sent officers to replace the policemen already stationed at RSIEC.
Recall that a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja, prohibited RSIEC from conducting local government elections and barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from providing voter registers for the poll.
Earlier, Governor Fubara had declared a two-day public holiday to facilitate the election, which he insists must take place on Saturday.
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He emphasised that this was the last opportunity to comply with a Supreme Court ruling mandating financial autonomy for local governments in the state.
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