By Ogochukwu Isioma
Security operatives have reportedly neutralized an unidentified young man who invaded a voting centre during the ongoing presidential and national assembly elections in Edo State, snatching a ballot box in the process.
An eyewitness told metrowatchxtra.com that the incident happened at Oredo local government area Ward 6, Unit 1 – 28 at the State’s Ministry of Education, in Benin City.
He said the hoodlum had succeeded in snatching the ballot box used for the presidential election before he was intercepted by security operatives.
Efforts to obtain comments from the Edo State Police command proved abortive. The command’s spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor told this reporter to call back as it was too early to comment on the matter.
However, it was gathered that the political parties’ agents are insisting that the remaining presidential ballot boxes must be counted following the temporary disruption of the process by the invading hoodlums.
Details later…
