The Imo State council election holds today in 3,523 polling units and 44 voting points across the 645 autonomous communities in the 27 councils of the state.
Not less than 14 out of earlier 22 political parties that signified interest and held their primaries would participate in the exercise, for which over 8,000 ad-hoc staff have been engaged.
Briefing journalists yesterday at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) state secretariat on the latest development regarding the election, Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Mr. Ethelbert Ibebuchi, said participation by any political party was not by coercion or compulsion, but show of capacity to participate. Read more