THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed the theft of the Direct Data Capturing, DDC, equipment being used for the voters registration exercise in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The INEC said its equipment alongside council properties were allegedly stolen from Emohua.

Aniedi Ikoiwak, resident electoral commissioner in charge of Rivers State, confirmed the incident after visiting Emohua Council headquarters.

A statement signed by Richard Ntui, INEC’s administrative secretary in Rivers,  assured that the commission was making effort to ensure that no eligible voter in Emohua was denied registration.

The commission also advised the authority to provide adequate security for INEC office and the council to avoid a recurrence of the incident. —(Nigerian Pilot)

—  Jun 15, 2017 @ 16:00 GMT