Some political thugs have set fire on all electoral materials, including ballot boxes and card readers on fire, at Mbalom ward in Gwer east local government area of Benue state.
The hoodlums were said to have broken into RCM Primary School, Aya, where the electoral materials were kept, shooting sporadically before setting the materials on fire.
Ngunan Yongo, the electoral officer for the local government area, confirmed the incident, adding that the materials were yet to be distributed to polling units in the ward when the attack occurred.
However, no official of the commission including was hurt.
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Yongo explained that the next steps about the elections in the area would be communicated later.
Also confirming the incident, Thaddeus Ujah, a senior official of the commission, said “Right now I can’t say anything, I am overwhelmed; we were not expecting anything of that nature. I am short of words. I can’t see some of my people, they ran into the bush, some of them got injured. For me, the most important thing to me now is to get those people and take them back”.
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