The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, has fixed October 5 as the date for the conduct of local government elections in the state.
The Chairman of RSIEC, Adolphus Enebeli made the announcement during a meeting with stakeholders in Port Harcourt on Monday
On Monday, July 1, the Commission released its guidelines regarding the conduct of the council elections in the state.
This is coming amid the crisis in the state over the sacking of the 23 former local government chairmen by Governor Siminalayi Fubara who insists that their tenure has ended.
They insist that the Martins Amaewhule-led State Assembly had extended their tenure by six months in the repealed Local Government Administration law of the state.
