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Thugs disrupt collation of results of APC primary in Edo

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10 months ago

February 17, 2024

Scores of suspected political thugs have disrupted the coalition of results of the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2024 governorship election in Edo State.

The results being collated at Lushville Hotel and Suite, in GRA, Benin, was beamed live on television.

While the exercise was held earlier on Saturday across the 18 local government areas of the state, the thugs stormed the collation centre in Benin City later in the day. They threw away some cameras belonging to media personnel and chased journalists out of the venue.

The disruption led journalists and others at the event scampering for safety. But the collation was moved to another venue.

Several journalists, including an NTA cameraman and FRCN reporter, were manhandled and their equipment scattered.

The presence of the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, who was present with the officials of the party at the centre did not deter the hoodlums from engaging in the free-for-all.

At the time of filling this report, it was not yet clear what went wrong.

Before then, results from eight out of the council areas have been announced but the winner of the exercise is yet to be declared for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.

Some members of the APC who earlier spoke with Channels Television at one of the voting centres in Ward 2, Oredo Local Government Area described the exercise as largely peaceful.