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A group of lawyers have appealed to INEC to maintain its neutrality by redeploying the officials who conducted the governorship election in Bayelsa State.
The legal practitioners, under the auspices of Legal Clinic for Development and Democracy made the call on Wednesday at a press gathering in Abuja.
The General Counsel of the group, Mr Babatunde Bamigboye, said that reconstituting the commission in the oil-rich state has become imperative, following claims by the Resident Electoral Commissioner that an unnamed party offered him money to rig the election.
He said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as constituted in Bayelsa State can no longer uphold their oath of loyalty and neutrality.
The lawyers also attributed the loyalty and neutrality to Section 28 of the Electoral Act, given the public declaration of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Bayelsa State.
INEC had fixed for January 9, 2016 for the supplementary governorship election in the state.
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