BREAKING NEWS: Edo Govt Raises Alarm Over Political Thugs Invading Some INEC Offices

…Hails military for showing character, discipline and successfully stopped the thugs

…Urges military to extend same to other LGAs

By Simeon OSAJIE

Less than 24 hours to Edo State governorship election, Edo State government today raised concerns over the action of political thugs moving to overun the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in some Local Government Areas in the State.

The government also
commended the military for stopping the suspected political thugs who it said have tried hard to overrun INEC office in Oredo local government area in the state capital.

Addressing newsmen in Benin, State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare said the government is drawing the attention of Nigerians and the international community to the move by political thugs to seize control of INEC oocal government council offices across the state.

He said the political thugs have taken over INEC offices in Oredo, Estako West and Esan West Local Government Council areas in a bid to hijack the process.

According to him, the soldiers repelled the thugs and the thugs have since moved across the road from the INEC facility.

Nehikhare, who hailed the military for showing character and discipline, said the soldiers successfully stopped the thugs from invading the INEC facility and urged the military to carry out similar actions across the other LGAs in the State.

“Edo People can not be intimidated or stopped from the actions of the political thugs,” he added.

Nehikhare urged Edo people to come out enmasse to perform their franchise, saying that soldiers have recovered Oredo INEC Secretariat and the military is on top of their game protecting the people and INEC facility.