The report of the fresh delineation fieldwork of Wards and Polling Units, which was unveiled at the weekend in Asaba by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in respect of the Warri Federal Constituency, has sparked anger from the Itsekiri ethnic nationality, who described the report as unacceptable because of alleged anti-Itsekiri colouration.
The fresh ward and polling unit delineation fieldwork was prompted by the Supreme Court judgment of 2022, which had ordered INEC to conduct the exercise in the Warri Federal Constituency.
Addressing newsmen at a press conference in Asaba yesterday, the Secretary, Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, Sir Sunny Amorighoye Mene, stressed that the polling unit and ward delineation proposed by the INEC report was unrealistic and provocative as it was at variance with reality, based on existing records and documents adopted by the country’s electoral umpire since 1999.