The political arena in Rivers state is thickening as the March 19 legislative rerun elections takes centre stage today, March 19.

The election will see key political
figures in the state slog it out for a
place at the National Assembly and
state House of Representatives.
Hours to the rerun elections, tension
has been at high degrees. But security
has been heightened as only just on
Thursday, the Nigerian Army lost two
of its men in a shootout with hoodlums
in Abonemma area of the state.
However, all appears set for the
exercise as all sensitive materials for
the polls have been delivered at the
state headquarters of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC)
in Port Harcourt.
Sorting and distribution have been
done at the different senatorial zones
and constituencies in all 23 local
government areas in the state and
the INEC has recruited the services of
24,930 adhoc staff, 379 collation
officers and 37 returning officers for
the elections.
The rerun legislative election will be
held in the three Senatorial Districts,
12 House of Representatives Seats
and 22 of the 32 state assembly seats.
Accreditation and voting will take
place simultaneously from 8am-2pm
while collation of results at the polling
unit will commence when the last
voter on the queue has voted.
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