The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, on Wednesday, visited Gbaramatu Kingdom within the Warri South West Native Authorities Space of Delta State, because it commenced the processes of wards/items’ delineation within the state.
The fee’s officers visited Oporoza, the normal headquarters of the Gbaramatu Kingdom and commenced a contemporary delineation of electoral wards and polling items within the Warri Federal Constituency.
The PUNCH gathered that the transfer was a part of efforts to implement the ruling of the Supreme Court docket, which ordered the electoral umpire to reassign wards and polling items throughout the three native authorities areas in Warri.
Addressing the INEC officers in his palace, the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Oboro-Gbaraun II, Aketekpe, Agadagba, urged the visiting workforce to discharge their duties diligently and work based on the structure.
“I’ve given you the go-ahead. You may go and do your work accordingly and completely as it’s alleged to be,” the monarch said.
The Particular Information Analyst, INEC Nationwide Headquarters, Abuja, Ibrahim Ahmed, who led the delegation, promised that the workforce could be guided by the structure in performing its duties.
“We guarantee you that we’re going to do that work diligently and based on the structure, following the rules,” he stated.
Talking with journalists shortly after, one other member of the workforce, Buhari Ibrahim, from the Electoral Operations Division, INEC Headquarters, Abuja, stated they “will take the coordinate of each locality and demarcate the boundaries.”
He added that “INEC will resolve on wards and polling items after this stage. It’s all concerning the identification and delineation of the communities. Will probably be credible primarily based on findings and based on the Electoral Act and the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We’ll determine the localities, take the coordinate of each locality and demarcate the boundaries. After that, the fee will resolve on the subsequent stage.”