[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Delta State government and Delta State Independent Electoral Commission DSIEC have been cautioned against rigging of the January 6 chairmanship and councillorship election in favour of any party.
In a statement released at Asaba, The Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network, and signed by its National Secretary, Mr Austine Ukah, the group want DSIEC to distribute sensitive materials to all the polling units and we will not accept any ready made result as usual.we want to use this opportunity to advice DSIEC that Deltans are more wiser than before .
DSIEC and Delta State Government should ensure the outcome or result of the January 6 election was not rigged or manipulated in favour of any party , though Deltans will resisted any rigging or Manipulation.
We appeal to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to allow DSIEC collate and announce the result of the chairmanship election of immediately at the council as taking the result to Asaba for announcement will only indicate pure manipulation of the result. We challenge DSIEC to conduct a credible election, make available voting materials at every polling units on January 6, to enable the electorates cast their votes for their preferred candidates.
Ukah said the Grassroots Publishers have resolved and very ready to monitor the election throughout Delta state.
