The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), has said that only 18 political parties will participate in the forthcoming local government elections slated for April.
Chairman of the Commission, Rtd Justice George Omereji made this known in a statement today.
He said only the 18 political parties are qualified to participate, because their names were sent to them by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said the other 74 political parties will not partake in the elections, since they were not included in the list sent to them.
There was a report few weeks ago, that the commission had included the names of the 74 political parties to participate in the poll.