Edo APC Primary: Thugs Disrupt Collation Of Results

Suspected political thugs have disrupted the collation of results in the Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election. 

It was gathered that the thugs on Saturday disrupted the collation of results of the primary election of the APC 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.

Results from eight local government areas had already been announced when journalists covering the event were alerted to vacate the centre of the event.

Before journalists could gather their things together, the thugs swooped on the venue after overpowering the police operatives at the gate.

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

As at the press time, efforts to get the cause of the attack and disruption is yet to be known.