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Three thugs gunned down for snatching BVAS, ballot boxes in Benue

Military officers have reportedly killed three individuals believed to be political thugs in the Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.

According to an eyewitness named Moses Agure-Dam, the incident occurred when the suspects stormed polling units 026 and 004 in Gboko South during an ongoing electoral process, with the intention of stealing ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. “The thugs invaded the polling units and disrupted the election. They were three in number, one snatched the BVAS while others snatched ballot boxes but they didn’t not succeed. They were all shot dead instantly by the soldiers in the area,” the eye-witness stated. Watch the video below … Nigerian Army on the beat! Looks like one popular APC thug on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/IxBzTk4cBN — Morris “Rhodes-Vivour” Monye 💙 (@Morris_Monye) March 18, 2023

INEC to cancel polling unit in Kwara over ballot box snatching

Malam Attahiru Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kwara state, stated that the outcome of Polling Unit 10 in Tsaragi will be invalidated due to an incident of ballot box snatching by miscreants on Saturday.

Madami explained to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the decision to cancel the results aligns with the regulations governing the election process. He attributed the delay in the arrival of INEC officials and materials to certain parts of Ilorin West and subsequent disruption in the commencement of voting at the Registration Area Centre (RAC). “It took us up to 11a.m. before will finished the distribution of logistic and immediately I knew we are starting late. I extended the time of voting until the last person on queue voted”, he said According to the REC, ballot boxes were stolen from just one out of the 2,887 polling units in Kwara, indicating a low incidence of such incidents. Additionally, the commission did not utilize vehicles belonging to any of the political parties participating in the election to distribute materials, contrary to rumours.

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Thug reportedly gunned down while snatching ballot box in Kogi

Idris Ojochenemi Akayaba, a ballot box snatcher, was reportedly shot dead in Ayangba, Kogi State while attempting to steal electoral materials during the 2023 elections.

Despite the largely free and fair elections across the country, some states, Lagos, Kogi and Borno inclusive were faced with voting difficulties at the hands of thugs and other miscreants. At the Kogi State University community polling centre on Saturday, February 25, security operatives reportedly shot Idris dead for making a run with a ballot box. Reports suggest that Akayaba had recently completed the NYSC program. His photos have circulated the internet space with questions on how he got involved in the disruption of the electoral process.

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