Hundreds of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, on Monday morning besieged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in the state, protesting and calling for the postponement of this Saturday governorship elections.
The aggrieved PDP supporters are demanding for two-weeks extension of the poll.
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There is an ongoing protest at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Office in Benin, venue of the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The protesters, many of whom are from Esan West and Esan East local government areas, are protesting against the conduct of the election in their area.
They are asking INEC to stop the announcement of results from the area.
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The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State has been set ablaze by unknown persons.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja on Friday that the office was burnt with materials to be used for Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in the area.
NAN reports that Dekina Local Government Area is among the places where the supplementary election in 91 polling units is scheduled to hold.
He said that the burnt election materials would be replaced and that INEC had relocated to a temporary office in the area.
“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,” Pai said.
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Security operatives yesterday tear-gassed Rivers State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 11 election, Dakuku Peterside, and Senator Magnus Abe at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja.
Peterside and Abe led a team of 48 candidates who contested in various elections in the state and reporters to submit a protest letter to INEC’s Acting Chairman, Hajia Amina Zakari, against the state Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for allegedly refusing to give them certified true copies (CTC) of the materials used in the elections.
The APC candidates, who arrived at the INEC headquarters at 11:15am, were prevented from getting close to the gate by a combined team of mobile police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The security agencies insisted that the team would not be allowed to go beyond the barricaded areas since it had no prior information of the visit.
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