{"id":407036,"date":"2011-04-29T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/inec-to-decide-on-imo-governorship-poll-today\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T09:18:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:18:22","slug":"inec-to-decide-on-imo-governorship-poll-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/inec-to-decide-on-imo-governorship-poll-today\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC to decide on Imo governorship poll, today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60\">\n<p>Abuja -INEC is to meet today,(Friday)\u00a0 to take a final decision on the inconclusive governorship poll in\u00a0 Imo, a statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement, issued by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, in Abuja,yesterday explained that the step was necessitated by difficulties experienced with the poll.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that the difficulties made the returning officer to declare the election inconclusive, adding that INEC had\u00a0 consulted with its lawyers for advice on the next line of action.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cThe Commission is scheduled to meet on April 29 to take a final decision,\u201d it stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The statement urged everyone concerned to be patient and await further directives, which would be communicated as soon as a decision was taken.<\/p>\n<p>It urged everyone to be peaceful and avoid taking laws into their hands.<\/p>\n<p>The statement restated the commission\u2019s resolve to ensure the highest level of integrity and credibility for the election and solicited the cooperation of all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Comments are moderated. Please keep them clean and brief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2011\/04\/inec-to-decide-on-imo-governorship-poll-today\/\" title=\"INEC to decide on Imo governorship poll, today\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INEC to decide on Imo governorship poll, today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Abuja -INEC is to meet today,(Friday)\u00a0 to take a final decision on the inconclusive governorship poll in\u00a0 Imo, a statement said. The statement, issued by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, in Abuja,yesterday explained that the step was necessitated by difficulties experienced with the poll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":397497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-407036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>INEC to decide on Imo governorship poll, today - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/inec-to-decide-on-imo-governorship-poll-today\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"INEC to decide on Imo governorship poll, today - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Abuja -INEC is to meet today,(Friday)\u00a0 to take a final decision on the inconclusive governorship poll in\u00a0 Imo, a statement said. 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