{"id":103948,"date":"2015-03-30T19:52:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T19:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=103948"},"modified":"2015-03-30T20:34:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T20:34:42","slug":"committee-to-investigate-election-irregularities-at-rivers-state-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=103948","title":{"rendered":"Committee to investigate election irregularities at River state in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\u2019s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up\u00a0a fact finding mission to investigate allegations of irregularities that characterized the election at the Rivers state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of supporters of Nigeria&#8217;s main opposition party All Progressives Congress (APC)\u00a0on Sunday demonstrated in the area to express their displeasure over the issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators converged at INEC&#8217;s local office at the River states capital, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the chairman of INEC,\u00a0Attahiru Jega has set up a three member fact finding mission to investigate the matter and are yet to present their report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a> 2) INEC has set up a fact finding mission to ascertain the veracity of the claims and allegations and to advice the Commission<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 INEC Alert (@INECAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INECAlert\/status\/582623841500962816\">March 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a> 3) The Ctte comprises of: -Mrs. Thelma Iremiren -Col. MK Hammanga -Prof. Lai Olurode \u2014 INEC Alert (@INECAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INECAlert\/status\/582623935419801602\">March 30, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a> 4) They have departed for Rivers and it is expected they will submit their report before the end of collation of general results<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 INEC Alert (@INECAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INECAlert\/status\/582624042655592449\">March 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash\">#BREAKING<\/a> 5) Following the consideration of the report, the Commission will make its decision known <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nigeriadecides?src=hash\">#Nigeriadecides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 INEC Alert (@INECAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INECAlert\/status\/582624151141224449\">March 30, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up\u00a0a fact finding mission to investigate allegations of irregularities that characterized the election at the Rivers state. 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