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Abubakar Abubakar
March 30, 2019
TheDepartment of State Services,DSS has denied that it was instructed to workagainst the completion of the electoral process in Rivers.
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC had suspended the collation ofthe March 23 governorship elections in Rivers.
Thecommission has fixed April 2 and 5 for collation, announcement of the resultsalready generated while there would be supplementary elections on April 15 insome areas in the state.
PublicRelations Officer of the service, Peter Afunanya, stated this in a statement onFriday in Abuja.
Hesaid that the service was not under any instruction from any quarter to workagainst the process as alleged.
Afunanyasaid that this was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on noninterference in the electoral process.
Thespokesman said the service would partner with sister security agencies andother stakeholders to ensure a level playing ground for all the contestants.