Suspected hoodlums have set
ablaze all electoral materials, including ballot boxes and card readers on
fire, at Mbalom ward in Gwer east local government area of Benue state.
According to a witness, the
hoodlums broke into RCM Primary School, Aya, where the electoral materials were
kept, firing shots in the air before setting the materials on fire.
Ngunan Yongo, the electoral
officer for the local government area, confirmed the incident to NAN.
The EO said the materials were
yet to be distributed to polling units in the ward when the attack occurred.
“The entire materials were
burnt,” she lamented.
However, no official of the
commission including ad hoc staff was hurt.
She explained that a final
decision over the conduct of the elections in the area would be communicated
later.
Thaddeus Ujah, a senior official
of the commission, also confirmed the early morning attack.
“Right now I can’t say anything,
I am overwhelmed; we were not expecting anything of that nature. I am short of
words. I can’t see some of my people, they ran into the bush, some of them got
injured. For me, the most important thing to me now is to get those people and
take them back”.
Ujah said he was posted newly in
the area and could not ascertain the exact number of ad hoc staff, who are
missing until he takes a roll call.
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