Bayelsa Poll: We’ll Obey All Court Orders- INEC

– “Security forces are being deployed, INEC staff are being deployed and we are set for the conduct of this election

– The commission also said that it will obey all legitimate court orders served on it in respect to the Poll

– Okoye said that the commission would do what it has always done in circumstances like this; obey legitimate court orders

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will not halt its plans as had been organized in respect to November 16 Governorship election in Bayelsa state.

The commission also said that it will obey all legitimate court orders served on it in respect to the Poll.

INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, on thursday, said that the commission had all need for the elections and would go on as planned.

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Okoye said that the commission would do what it has always done in circumstances like this; obey legitimate court orders, however, it will still go ahead with its plans for the election, using the materials already prepared before the judgment was given.

“I will tell you just two things. The first thing is that the election on Saturday will go on, and the second thing is that we are going to obey all legitimate court orders served on us. The election will go on, the ballot papers have been printed and the ballot papers are being deployed.

“Security forces are being deployed, INEC staff are being deployed and we are set for the conduct of this election. If there’s any court order in relation to what we are doing, we will obey all court orders because that has been the tradition of the commission; to obey all legitimate court orders,” he said.