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.