There was commotion at the Local Government Collation Centre in Ijero Ekiti on Sunday as security agencies fight with election officers over Form EC8C containing the final result of the Presidential election.
The security agencies attached to the centre, comprising Police, Department of Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and others all demanded to obtain a copy of the results, forcing the officials to reproduce extra copies of the result.
As the altercation was degenerating to a free-for-all, the men of
the DSS whisked away the Election Officer, one Mrs. Ogundipe, to an
unknown destination.
The Collation Officer, Mr. Francis Adebayo, returned to the State
Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ado Ekiti
without the white paper.
Adebayo claimed Ogundipe went away with the original result sheet while the centre was boiling as he was almost gunned down.
But the Returning Officer for Peoples Democratic Party, who simply
introduced himself Gen. Ayeni (retd.) and that of the All Progressives
Congress, Mr. Ojo Asubuoke, countered his account.
They said there was no commotion in Ijero as all party agents
related well during the election, adding that the argument was between
security agencies and election officials.
Parties, however, accepted the duplicate copy brought by Adebayo as
the results, as according to them, it reflected the results as endorsed
by their agents at the centre.....
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