The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the deployment of a new Resident Electoral Commissioner in Bayelsa State in the person of Cyril Omorogbe.

The announcement was made yesterday by the INEC Head of Voters’ Education and Publicity in the state, Wilfred Ifogah in a statement made in Yenagoa, the state capital where he said that Omorogbe was the REC in charge of Delta State before his redeployment to Bayelsa.

Ifogah said that the new REC has since resumed duties after handing over formalities were concluded with his predecessor, Monday Tom on the 29th of July, 2020 adding that a new Administrative Secretary, Osaretin Imahiyereobo, a director with the INEC, has also resumed duties having formally taken over from his predecessor, Edwin Enabor, who has gone for pre-retirement leave.