Fourteen political parties, excluding main opposition parties, Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance , are ready for the local government elections taking place in Imo State on Saturday.
Some of the participating political parties include the ruling All Progressives Congress , Accord Party , Green Party of Nigeria , Young People ’s Party , KOWA , Mega Party of Nigeria , Social Democratic Party , African Democratic Congress .
The Chairman of the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission , Ethelbert Ibebuchi , who briefed journalists on level of preparedness of the commission ahead of the polls , promised an equal playing ground .
According to the electoral umpire ’s chairman , the political parties would be vying for 27 chairmanship positions and 645 councillorship positions .
He said , “The commission is ready for the Saturday election and we are urging the people to come out and perform their civic responsibilities . Let me assure all and sundry that ISIEC has made available to all participating political parties and their candidates a level playing ground to actively take part in order to actualise their political goals . ”
“May I in unequivocal terms assure our numerous publics that ISIEC is sufficiently ready to go. Rest assured that as part of our altruistic design to ensure a hitch free exercise , there shall be restriction of movement of persons between 8 am and 4 pm when polls are expected to come to an end ”.
PDP and APGA said they won’t be participating in the election .
But the ISIEC chairman said that the development would not affect the credibility of the process.
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