WARRI DELINEATION: UIY challenges INEC over disputed wards.
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Ugbarajo Itsekiri Youths, UIY, has demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, provide the legal and geographical basis for the Warri Federal Constituency units and ward delineation data it uploaded.
The group’s National Public Relations Officer, Gbubemi Ejesi, said Itsekiri youths regarded the disputed developments as a serious threat to electoral justice, the political representation of indigenous communities and peaceful coexistence in Warri.
According to him, the recently uploaded electoral structure, including the reported inclusion of locations and units whose geographical and administrative assignments are being challenged, had raised disturbing questions about INEC’s methodology, the authenticity of the geographical coordinates used and the extent to which the exercise complied with applicable judicial decisions. The statement reads: “UIY expresses its strongest condemnation of the alleged irregularities surrounding the recent ward delineation data uploaded by INEC for Warri Federal Constituency, Delta State. “We regard the disputed developments as a serious threat to electoral justice, the political representation of indigenous communities, and peaceful coexistence in Warri. The recently uploaded electoral structure, including the reported inclusion of locations and units whose geographical and administrative assignments are being challenged, has raised disturbing questions about INEC’s methodology, the authenticity of the geographical coordinates used, and the extent to which the exercise complies with applicable judicial decisions.
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