Adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Warri South Local Government Area, have staged a peaceful protest in Warri against non-payment of their allowances by the electoral body.
The protesters who carried placard alleged that the INEC Electoral Officer in the locality had refused to pay them their allowances for the February 25 and March 18 general elections.
The protesters rounded off their protest at the Delta State Broadcasting Service (DBS), Edjeba Office, Warri.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Mr Wilfred Akponuko and Mr Testimony Okorugbo alleged that four weeks after the general elections, they were yet to receive their allowances of N26,000 each for both elections while their counterparts in other Local Government Areas have since been paid.
They further alleged that the INEC Electoral Officer for Warri South Local Government Area, paid some selected persons from his personal account.
The protesters said that when accosted, the INEC official resorted to threatening them.
The protesters appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Chairman of Warri South Local Government, Dr Michael Tidi, to prevail on the official to pay them their money.
They threatened to report the embattled INEC official to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) if their money was not paid within 40 days.
In a telephone chat by Journalists, the fingered INEC official who craved condition of anonymity said he had paid all the adhoc staff that participated in the general elections, adding that any adhoc staff that had not received their allowances might be as a result of the failure of the banking sector.
