she is still in charge of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, adding
that she has no regrets after conducting a credible election in the State.
The state REC, who spoke with journalists on Monday at the state INEC office, Port
Harcourt during the ongoing inspection and certification of materials used for the 2015
polls maintained that she would not have been part of the ongoing exercise at the state
INEC office if she had been transferred as speculated.
With the swearing in of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, and with Lawal
Daura’s eventual appointment to head the Department of State Security, DSS, the Rivers
State REC has since then been reportedly harassed and detained.
It was alleged that a ploy was afoot to use the DSS, not expected by the constitution to
intrude in electoral matters, to arm twist the RECs to say particular elections were
flawed, to enable the APC take over from the PDP in the states the opposition party
won during the last polls.
“I am here and I am still here. I have not been transferred. If I have been transferred, I
should not be sitting here; I should be picking my things.
“Even if I am transferred, there is nothing wrong with that because it is government
work and anytime you are called to move, you move. But for now, I have not been
called to move,” Khan stressed.
On whether she has any regrets as a result of her experience so far in Rivers State, the
REC said, “I have no regrets whatsoever.
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