The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof Benard Odoh has lamented the alleged shooting of 3 persons and disruption of elections by thugs in military uniform at Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
Odoh, who spoke to newsmen in Abakaliki, said that “I have raised a great concern about what is happening in the ongoing governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi state.
“In my local government, APC has deployed a massive number of thugs, armed men wearing fake army and police uniforms. They have been on rampage since morning. They have been moving from one polling unit to another.
” In my ward, at Omege, they came and shot three (3) persons though not dead. They took all the electoral materials that INEC came with. At another ward in Nsurakpa ward, as I speak with you now, they are on rampage.
” They came there and snatched the INEC electoral materials and set them ablaze, and all kind of mayhem are going on in Ezza North LGA. This is the situation we are witnessing, I have been in touch with INEC officials.
” It has been a very challenging day for us. All they have done is to disrupt, suppress and to dampen the spirit of the voters who ordinarily want to come out and vote.
“We are not giving up, we will continue to push, even INEC has ran out of ideas of what to do. They have been muzzled out and even security agencies are trying but their efforts are not enough to contain the number of thugs.”
Odoh, however called on the independent National electoral commission, INEC, to re-conduct election in the areas that were disrupted by thugs.