Edo Decides Violence: Four injured yesterday as ballot box and card reader were snatched in Jattu

Reports say about four persons yesterday sustained injuries and a ballot box, card reader snatched during the governorship election in Edo North Senatorial District.

The four persons that sustained injuries at Ogharra Primary School, Jattu, were said to have rattled some miscreants who broke into the school through the back window and attempted to snatch sensitive electoral materials.



The hoodlums were said to have chased party agents away and stabbed one of them who resisted beside his eye.
Their action, it was learnt, led to a fight which took the intervention of armed policemen and three armoured tanks to quel, while three suspects, including a woman was arrested.


At Ward five Sabongida Ora, The Nation gathered that thugs stormed the place and snatched a ballot box as soon as accreditation and voting commenced.
They were said to have returned much later for a second attempt but were rebuffed by policemen with two of them apprehended.
At Ibilo in Akoko Edo Local Government, miscreants snatched a dysfunctional card reader.


It was also gathered that suspected militants from Warri who entered Irua in Esan Central Local Government Area to cause mayhem were intercepted by police operatives.
Also arrested were commercial drivers who flaunted the restriction of movement order. While some of then had their vehicles impounded, others were cautioned and asked to park at a particular spot till 6pm.


Despite the skirmishes recorded in certain places, The Nation observed that the election was generally peaceful.
At the various polling units visited across the state, vote canvassers were seen luring electorates with cash gifts to vote particular parties.
Although there were arguments between party agents, the electorates resisted actions that could lead to breakdown of law and order by promptly inviting security agents.


It was learnt that three police helicopters patrolled the various Senatorial districts of the state including the waterways from 2pm till 6pm.
Speaking to reporters after the aeriel patrol, the police said the exercise was 99 percent peaceful.


Deputy Inspector General of Police  (DIG) in charge of Operations, Habila Joshak who led a team of security agents across the state, said that there was no major security issue.
He said: “With adequate preparation and education of electorates and with the needed equipment availed security agencies, we can conduct peaceful, free and fair election in this country.

“Even though this country is yet to accept politics as a way of electing leaders to govern us, respect the laws when not elected and celebrate with decorum when elected, we recorded just one or two incidences of people attempting to replay some of the old practices.


“I would say the election was 99 percent peaceful. If they were arrest made, it was to restrain people from carryout any action that will threaten the conduct of the poll. They might not be serious issues. But they would be brought to the command headquarters and interrogated. We will look at the cases and tell you what happened. 

But right now, I can only say that some people tried to catch in on the peculiarities of some polling booths that are remotely located and not easily accessible to armed policemen. They attempted that but in each of the attempt, some arrests were made. No weapons recovered.”

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