The Independent National Electoral Commission Sunday said it has suspended electoral processes in Rivers State due to “widespread disruption” of elections on Saturday.

“The initial reports suggest that violence occurred in a substantial number of polling units and collation centres,” INEC’s head of information and voter education committee Festus Okoye said.

“Staff have been taken hostage and materials including result sheets have either been seized or destroyed by unauthorised persons.

Details soon.

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