- By Halimah Olamide
The Independent National Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State has suspended the collation of results of the elections held on Saturday.
Prof Charles Adias, who is the Returning Officer, announced the suspension after claiming threats to his life.
He made the declaration sandwhiched amidst security chiefs.
Adias, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke in Bayelsa state stated this at the resumption of collation at the INEC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Tuesday morning.
He stated, “I have been receiving threats, messages and calls to my life and that of my family for two days now. My picture is all over the social media that I was sent to rig the elections in Rivers State.
“Every one hour, I receive more that one million calls of threats to my life and other things. I hereby stand down collation until the INEC and security agencies can guarantee my safety to continue this national assignment.”