Hoodlums have attacked officials of Independent National Electoral Commission invthe just concluded polling exercise of the Ondo State Governorship Election.
The attack took place at Ogbaki, Akoko North East of the state.
The Presiding Officer, who said that the attack happened shortly after a PDP agent at the polling unit was arrested by the police for tearing votes, said that her Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO 1) she identified as Bello Samuel, had been missing since they were attacked.
Specifically the attack took place at Polling Unit 19, Ward 6 Ogbagi in the Akoko area of Ondo State.
According to a video posted on social media, the Presiding Officer (PO) of the polling unit said that the attackers destroyed all the electoral materials at the polling unit, stole their phones and purses, and physically assaulted them.
The Presiding Officer, who said that the attack happened shortly after a PDP agent at the polling unit was arrested by the police for tearing votes, said that her Assistant Presiding Officer 1 (APO 1) she identified as Bello Samuel, had been missing since the were attacked.
Narrating what happened, the Presiding Officer said, “As the process of the election was going on, a party agent from PDP tore a vote without my consent. I don’t know his name because he had not indicated his name.
“I was trying to address him but he asked me to do my work
