Nigeria, June 9 -- Pressure is mounting on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explain the delay in implementing its final delineation report for Warri Federal Constituency.

A group of Ijaw and Urhobo people have accused the electoral body of failing to act on a Supreme Court-backed process which is now central to protests that have disrupted oil operations in Delta State.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that protesters shut down 13 oil facilities in Delta State on Monday over the delayed Warri ward delineation exercise, threatening a significant portion of Nigeria's crude oil production.

In an open letter dated 8 June and addressed to the Chairman of INEC, Joash Amupitan, a senior advocate of Nigeria, the group known as the...