Between January 1 and June 11, 96 local government areas in 30 states reported cases of cholera outbreak.
The chairman said that the commission would not tolerate multiple nominations of candidates for one position during the process.
RSIEC announced this at a meeting with political party leaders on its premises on Monday in Port Harcourt.
He said the drugs were seized following credible intelligence and tracking of the consignments from their port of departure by a special operations unit of NDLEA.
“Consequently, the command advises the organisers to suspend the planned protest to avert any possible breakdown of law and order,” the police said.
Gunmen had invaded the residence of Cornwell Ihunwo, the paramount ruler of Rumu-Elechi, Nkpolu Orowurokwo, around 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.
This comes hours after Governor Siminalayi Fubara swore in new caretaker chairmen for the 23 LGAs to replace the outgone chairmen.
“We will choose candidates who share our vision for a better Rivers State and a greater Nigeria,” he said.
The father of the suspected self-kidnapper had already paid N5.2 million ransom through a Bitcoin account belonging to Mr Lawrence.
He urged the public to disregard the report as it was misleading.
