The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Joash Amupitan, has charged all political parties, governorship candidates and members to stick to the rules guiding Saturday’s election.
He made the appeal in Awka, on Tuesday, at the stakeholders meeting organized by the commission.
The Inspector General of Police who was represented by his Deputy in charge of Operations, Force Headquarters Abuja, Ben Okolo, called for political tolerance and respect for democratic values, and urged candidates, parties and their supporters to commit genuinely to peace before, during, and after the election.
Amupitan also said that mock election was successfully carried out in 12 polling units in six LGAs to test and sharpen the commission’s operational readiness, and that the poll will be held in 326 wards, 5718 polling units, 183 split polling units with 6,879 active BVAS machines.