Suspected Thugs Invade INEC Collation Centre In Plateau, Disrupt Result’s Announcement
The Oasis Reporters
March 1, 2023
By Asile Abel, Jos
Suspected thugs on Monday evening invaded the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state venue of the Collation centre for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the Northern Senatorial district of the state.
It was gathered that the thugs chased away the INEC officials before they could conclude their assignment
An official of the Jos North LGA who witnessed the disruption at the Collation centre confirmed the development .
The Council official said “Trouble started when the party agents were asked to sign the results for the Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency as announced by the Returning Officer, Dr Nehemiah Sanda which indicated that the PDP candidate, Musah Agah won the election with 59,337.
However, the agent of the People’s Redemption Party, (PRP) candidate who scored the second highest number of votes with 58,460 rejected the results and insisted that no result sheets would be signed at the Collation centre, nor the winner announced.
As the INEC officials were trying to prevail on the party agent to allow them to do their job, the thugs believed to be loyal to the PRP invaded the collation centre and chased the INEC officials away, thus preventing them from declaring the winner. “We don’t know what the thugs could have done if not that a senior police officer, DC Afebuamhe quickly came in and seized the election results. “
The Returning Officer for the Presidential election for the Collation Centre, Dr Lazurus Maigoro also confirmed the disruption of the election exercise by the thugs.
