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As more reactions trail the botched national elections of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), a candidate for the position of National Assistant Secretary in the national executive council(NEC) of apex Ijaw sociocultural organization, Barr. Abraham Marshall has said the court order which restraint the conduct of the March 7th, 2026 polls was a setback to candidates, the delegates and entire the body.
He expressed his worries about the delegates who travelled from the nooks and crannies of Ijaw land to come for the elections in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state only to be disappointed with the court order.
While thanking other candidates for maintaining orderliness and brotherliness all through the campaign processes, Marshall said the court injunction has devasted candidates vying for various positions.
The INC scribe hopeful described the cost of what has already been spent on campaigns and sundry arrangements for the elections as huge, noting that already he was a leading candidate for the position of National Assistant Secretary as he was optimistic of victory.
He said: “First of all I’ve great confidence in the ability of the Electoral Committee headed by HRM Justice F.F Tabai(rtd) Justice of the Supreme Court which was eager to conduct a seamless election.
“Some of us have campaigned through the three zones and clans of the INC. Some of us went to the Western zone, Eastern and Central zones to meet delegates”.
He added: “That is how it happenes atimes when there are contest, some persons who are aggrieved rather than take laws into their hands go to court to seek judicial redress. So I want to commend all candidates for maintaining decorum throughout the entire process.
“I like to also call on stakeholders to quickly seek for ways through internal mechanisms of the INC to end this problem so that the elections can be conducted because as candidates we’ve incured lots of expenses leading to the process”.
Meanwhile, information reaching our source has it that in a bid to proffer solutions to the issues raised by the court injuction, the Governor of Bayelsa State would on Friday meet with stakeholders of the INC and others to resolve the contentious areas.
Though the time and venue of the meeting has not been disclosed before press time, an inside source further hinted that after the meeting a feasible new date would be fixed for the elections.
