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CONSTITUENCY DELINEATION: Itsekiri youths accuse INEC of plotting ethnic crisis in Warri

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What Vanguard reported

Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, has kicked against the Warri Federal Constituency delineation report by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, alleging that the Ewein wards are all ghost units. INYC said INEC was deliberately trying to instigate an ethnic crisis in Warri through

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CONSTITUENCY DELINEATION: Itsekiri youths accuse INEC of plotting ethnic crisis in Warri. Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, has kicked against the Warri Federal Constituency delineation report by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, alleging that the Ewein wards are all ghost units. INYC said INEC was deliberately trying to instigate an ethnic crisis in Warri through Covered by 1 publications. Vanguard: CONSTITUENCY DELINEATION: Itsekiri youths accuse INEC of plotting ethnic crisis in Warri.

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  1. Vanguard Nigeria CONSTITUENCY DELINEATION: Itsekiri youths accuse INEC of plotting ethnic crisis in Warri Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, has kicked against the Warri Federal Constituency delineation report by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, alleging that the Ewein wards are all ghost units. INYC said INEC was deliberately trying to instigate an ethnic crisis in Warri through 8 h ago · Tier 3

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