The deputy governor’s fears were expressed in a press statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Thursday.
In the statement, Banigo sought for the intervention of the National Assembly in the rescheduled legislative rerun elections in the state.
The deputy governor called on the lawmakers to prevail on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to come out with a definite date and blue print for the conduct of free and fair rerun elections in Rivers State tentatively slated for October by INEC to save the state from seemingly orchestrated political victimization.
She described as sad, provocative and a constitutional breech for INEC to relish in lackadaisical disposition and statements that portray it as being unserious, inept and overwhelmed in conducting election in Rivers State.
The deputy governor wondered why it is only one opposition party out of 30 registered political parties in the state that is not complaining about the endless and teleguided postponement, describing the inaction of INEC as a demonstration of incompetence and a dangerous trend to the sustenance of the democratic process.
She regretted that under the current leadership of INEC, the country now has infamous legacies of inconclusive and needless postponement of elections since the exit of Professor Attahiru Jega.
Banigo urged the National Assembly to invite INEC for interrogation over its inability to conclude the conduct of rerun elections in Rivers State.
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