INEC
Aggrieved
voters, late Sunday night, set ablaze the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, office in Logo Local Government Area of Benue state.
Vanguard
gathered from a reliable source that aggrieved locals in the area, which is the
home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam, razed the office at about 8pm, in protest
of last Saturday’s general election results purportedly released by the office.
According
to him, “the action may not be unconnected with the said result that INEC
released in the area which actually did not go down with the people who are
claiming that the result was skewed.”
When
contacted, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, of INEC in the state, Mr. Louis
Ochai confirmed the development, describing it as unfortunate and deplorable.
Ochai
said, “by tomorrow we should be able to get the full details of the unfortunate
development, but for now the matter is being handled as a security issue; it is
however regrettable.
“We just
pray that our sensitive materials were not destroyed in he inferno.” Ochai
added.
Attempts
to get the Police side of the story failed as the telephone lines of the Police
Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistsnt Superintendent, ASP, Austin Ezeani
were both switched off.
Source: Vanguard
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