As many Nigerians prepare to come out en-mass on Saturday
to exercise their civic duty, the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the House of Assembly
elections in eight out of the 24 constituencies of Bayelsa State.

The Nation reports that the State Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC), Mr. Baritor Kpagih, on Friday said the affected
constituencies will hold their polls on April 18.

in a statement listed the affected councils as Ekeremor
Constituencies 1, 2, and 3, Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituencies 1
and 2, Sagbama Constituencies 1 and 2 and Southern Ijaw
Constituency 1. He, however, stated that the election would hold as scheduled in
the other 16 constituencies on Saturday, April 11, 2015. The REC said the polls were rescheduled because of the position of
stakeholders that election should not hold ‘without full complements of the ballot papers.’ “Following the stand of the stakeholders that no election should take place in the State without full complement of ballot papers,
having regard to the total PVC distributed, the State House of
Assembly election slated for Saturday, the 11th of April, 2015, in
Bayelsa State has been rescheduled to Saturday the 18th day of
April, 2015 in the following constituencies,” the statement read. Meanwhile, it was learnt that the political parties and their
candidates insisted on the postponement because of irregularities in
the ballot papers for the constituencies. It was also gathered that the number of ballot papers sent to the
constituencies was inadequate as the electoral umpire was alleged
to have sent only 13, 000 ballot papers out of 27, 000 to Southern
Ijaw Constituency.