The Edo State government on Friday raised concerns over the action of political thugs to overrun the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in some Local Government Councils (LGA) in the state.
The government also commended the military for stopping the suspected political thugs, who it said had tried hard to overrun the INEC office in Oredo Local Government Council in the state capital.
Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, addressing newsmen in Benin, said the government is drawing the attention of Nigerians and the international community to the move by political thugs to seize control of INEC Local 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 Councils 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 17 LGAs.
He said Edo People can not be intimidated or stopped from the actions of the political thugs.
Nehikhare urged Edo people to come out en-masse 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. ” (The Guardian)
