Friday, 4 December 2015

LESS Than 24 Hours To Kogi Election, INEC Office Razed on fire







 INEC-office


INEC office in Dekina local government area of Kogi state burnt down.
Thugs came in a bus, shot sporadically and razed down the office,” one of the eyewitnesses said.
The office was burnt with materials to be used for Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in the area.
Confirming the incident, Malam Halilu Pai, the resident electoral commisioner in Kogi said: “We will not succumb to the undemocratic antics of some few, replacement of the election materials are already on the way; the election will go on as scheduled.”
He added that INEC had relocated to a temporary office in the area.
Some are of the opinion that the incident was aimed at frustrating the supplementary election, while others believe it was as a result of indiscriminate bush burning by some youths on hunting expedition.
However, security operatives are said to be looking for clues to the reason behind the fire and the people responsible.
Out of the 91 polling units, where the supplementary election is supposed to take place, 29 units are in Dekina.
Meanwhile, Capt. Idris Ichala Wada, the state governor urged the people of the state to remain calm and not take the law into their hands, Vanguard reports.

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