An angry mob has set the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) office in Umuneke Ngor, the headquarters of Ngor
Okpala Local Government Area, Imo state ablaze.
Eyewitnesses told The Nation that the irate youths in the local
government, which is the largest local government in the state,
were angered when security agents stormed the area and attempted to
cart away voting materials and bring same to the INEC Collation
Centre in Owerri allegedly without first announcing the results of
yesterday’s elections at the local level before taking them to the
INEC Collation Centre.
A party agent, who refused to be mentioned, said the security
agents refuse to reveal their identities before carting the voting
materials away, and this raised their suspicion that the result of
the election may be altered before getting to the Collation
Centre.
Details shortly..
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Nigerian Army Nabs Sponsored Political Thugs in Military
Uniforms
Credible intelligence available to the Nigerian Army (NA) has
confirmed the kitting of political thugs with military uniforms and
arming of same, to impersonate soldiers and perpetrate various
crimes in the furtherance of the activities of their political
bosses.
Sadly, these thugs have severally been wrongly viewed and
addressed as real military personnel on various social and
mainstream media channels including blogs, chat rooms and messaging
platforms thereby bringing the reputation of the NA on several
occasions to disrepute.
The NA understands that most civilians caught in the callous
onslaught of these murderous thugs might not be able to distinguish
between a genuine soldier from an impersonator, especially when
they are armed with military-type weapons.
However, several of such arrested impostors have given useful
information that has led to unravelling the level of criminal
involvement of some politicians in arming thugs for their depraved
selfish gains. Consequently, the NA would continue with the line of
investigations being pursued to bring to successful prosecution,
both the arrested impostors and their sponsors.
In the interim, the NA would continue to advice well-meaning
citizens to avoid been used as tools in the hands of such wicked
politicians who would go to any immoral length, including meeting
out violence, to steal the mandate of the people. “Nobody’s selfish
ambition is worth the life of an innocent Nigerian citizen”.
Additionally, the NA would continue to use every opportunity
available to remined Nigerians of its apolitical, neutral and
non-partisan stance. The NA would continue to execute its
constitutional responsibilities of providing aid to civil
authorities in order to create a safe and secure environment where
real democratic processes would thrive.
To this end, the NA would gladly welcome any information from
the public about known or suspected impostors/armed thugs being
used to perpetrate violence in the society, for the furtherance of
the wicked ambitions of any criminal individual. Please be assured
that every such information would be treated with the highest level
of confidentiality.
SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations