The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has scheduled August 9, 2025, for a fresh local government poll in the state.
RSIEC chairman Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd) announced the new election date on Wednesday during a Stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt.
Enebeli said: “In exercise of the powers conferred on the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission by section 5 of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission law no 2 of 2018 and all other powers as enabling it on the behalf to provide guidelines to political parties, stipulating the rules and procedures for electioneering campaigns for the 2025 Local Government elections and any reruns and by-elections that might arise thereafter.
“The commission hereby makes the following rules and regulations; there shall be local government council elections on Saturday, 9th August 2025, in all the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State”.
Meanwhile, the State House of Assembly has summoned Enebeli to appear before it within 48 hours over the conduct of the 2024 local government elections.
During the plenary presided over by its Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, on Wednesday, the House also threatened to issue a warrant of arrest for the RSIEC Chairman if he failed to appear before the House at the ultimatum’s expiration.
The House also resolved to write to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to request that he forward the names of all his commissioners who the Amaewhule-led Assembly did not screen to the House.
