In the early hours of Sunday, a fight broke out between
party agents at the state collation centre for the Imo gubernatorial election.
The violence resulted in the party agent of the Labour Party
(LP) being beaten and bundled out of the collation hall while the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) agent was ushered out.
The incident began after the results from Orsu LGA were
announced.
According to the declared results, Hope Uzodinma, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, polled 18,003 votes, while LP’s Athan
Achonu had 813 votes and Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP garnered 624 votes.
In reaction, the LP and PDP party agents contested the
results, alleging that the election was never held in the LGA and that the
figures presented were “manufactured”.
The party agents proceeded to the front of the hall, airing
their displeasure.
Abayomi Fashina, the state returning officer, urged them to
return to their seats and accused them of disrupting the collation exercise.
Shortly after, the protesting party agents were swarmed by
their colleagues in the hall.
Shoves led to punches and kicks, and the protesting party
agents were eventually bundled out of the collation hall.
Order was subsequently restored in the hall, and the
collation exercise resumed.
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