Some suspected political thugs have disrupted the coalition of
results of the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the
governorship poll in Edo State.
The hoodlums disrupted the exercise while the results were being
collated at Lushville Hotel and Suite in Benin, Edo State capital, on Saturday,
February 17, 2024.
Results from eight Local Government Areas of the state 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.
Several journalists, including an NTA cameraman and an FRCN
reporter, were manhandled and their equipment shattered.
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, who was
present with APC officials at the venue of the primary election, failed to stop
the disruption by the hoodlums.
The reasons behind the disruption had yet to be ascertained as
of press time.
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