The office of the Independent National Electoral
Commission at Obingwa Local Government of Abia
state was razed today August 2nd by some
hoodlums. Residents of the community say the fire
outbreak was politically motivated as suspected
political thugs armed with knives, cutlasses and
guns stormed the local government before setting
the electoral office on fire. This action comes
ahead of the August 10th date fixed for the
commencement of the state election tribunal.
Results from the local government is among many
issues that is strongly being contested.
meanwhile, The Peoples Democratic Party and the All
Progressive Grand Alliance in Abia State are
trading blame over a fire that razed the office of the
Independent National Electoral Commission in
Obingwa Local Government Area of the state.
The INEC office in Obingwa went up in flames on
Sunday morning, allegedly the handiwork of some
arsonists.
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, hails from the
council area.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr.
Udevioutu Onyeke, who confirmed the incident to
our correspondent in Umuahia, said the police had
yet to ascertain the extent of damage and the
possible cause.
Onyeke said he could not tell whether or not the
fire was deliberately started by some persons or
accidental.
A source, close to the government, accused APGA
of being responsible for the fire.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said, “Persons, suspected to be stalwarts of APGA,
this morning set the building housing INEC office at
Mgboko, the Obingwa council headquarters, on fire.
“Eyewitnesses said those who started the fire came
with weapons such as guns, axes and knives and
gallons of fuel, and were chanting APGA victory
songs and brandishing APGA emblems.”
But in his response, the APGA chairman in the
state, Augustine Ehiemere, denied the allegation,
saying it was an attempt by the the PDP-led
administration to cover its ” fraud at the polls.”
Ehiemere said it was surprising that PDP would
accuse APGA of the dastardly act when the latter
needed the electoral materials in the burnt INEC
office to support its petition against Ikpeazu at the
tribunal.
The APGA chairman said, “The government burnt
down the place to destroy evidence against its
fraud . They did it because the tribunal had ordered
INEC to assemble the electoral materials on
Monday (tomorrow).
Also responding, the APGA governorship candidate
in the state, Dr. Alex Otti, accused some thugs
loyal to the state government of starting the fire.
Otti, who spoke through his media aide, Jennifer
Ben-Okereke, alleged that the PDP was afraid that
the electoral materials in the burnt office would
jeopardise its case at the tribunal.
The APGA candidate said that when his team of
forensic experts went to the council headquarters
to inspect the electoral materials, they were
allegedly attacked by thugs suspected to be loyal
to Ikpeazu.
He appealed to security agents to thoroughly
investigate the incident with a view to fishing out
the culprits.
In his response, Ikpeazu condemned the
perpetrators, describing them as enemies of the
state.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Godwin
Adindu, partly read, “Governor Ikpeazu, who
inspected the scene of the fire later in the day,
expressed shock at the level of damage done to
the building and charged the police and other law
enforcement agencies to ensure that the culprits
are brought to book.”
Ikpeazu also called on the security agencies to
beef up security at all INEC offices in the state to
forestall such incidents.
http://yesreport..com/2015/08/apgapdp-in-thug-of-war-over-burnt-abia.html

lalasticlala ishilove

Make dem calm down

What shall thou say that to say:


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Hmmmm

They should continue fight so they will not remember their unintelligent movement

Abia state still in the hands of criminals.
May God deliver my state.Amen.

I dont care as long as its between pdp and apga

Question for abia pdp..what would apga gain by burning the obingwa inec office when the result sheet for the governorship election is slated for inspection?

love live ochendo! The hope of biafra

PDP is now a dog with a powerless tooth.
How the mighty fall!
Eya.........

asha80:
Question for abia pdp..what would apga gain by burning the obingwa inec office when the result sheet for the governorship election is slated for inspection?

PDP in Abia is panicking as the real trial will start on 10th of this month as the judge stated he must deliver judgement before the end of this month.
I hope and pray that God will use this tribunal to sack Ochendo dynasty and his stooge and rescue Abia state from ochendo criminal enterprise.

Ojiofor:
PDP in Abia is panicking as the real trial will start on 10th of this month as the judge stated he must deliver judgement before the end of this month.
I hope and pray that God will use this tribunal to sack Ochendo dynasty and his stooge and rescue Abia state from ochendo criminal enterprise.

well the obingwa 'evidence' seems to be burnt now so what next?

asha80:
well the obingwa 'evidence' seems to be burnt now so what next?

My brother I am disappointed but still hopeful justice will be done.

Who is afraid of facing the tribunal The police should swing into action and get the hoodlums and their sponsors.....






Meanwhile I will sip this my alcoholic malt till then....

Ojiofor:
Abia state still in the hands of criminals.
May God deliver my state.Amen.

. The earlier ur state realised that this is nt d issue of political paties, since thy have a working gov thy shld support him and stp dis nonsense

ogba20:
. The earlier ur state realised that this is nt d issue of political paties, since thy have a working gov thy shld support him and stp dis nonsense

What is there to realise?we have a working governor said who,you?A working gorvernor who have not paid workers salaries since he took over.
We are not deceived by Okezie initial gra gra nothing good can come from Ochendo.
Abia state voted for change in the petson of Alex Otti its not about party .

The problem is if inec results sheet was also burnt..if yes then there is problem because that result sheet is supposed to be brought to the tribunal office for inspection to prove that pdp won the election..

asha80:
The problem is if inec results sheet was also burnt..if yes then there is problem because that result sheet is supposed to be brought to the tribunal office for inspection to prove that pdp won the election..

Bros even thou the inec result sheet is burnt it won't stop the tribunal case going on.

in this case of burnt inec electoral materials, won't the tribunal maintain the cancellation of this lga?

Aromas:

Bros even thou the inec result sheet is burnt it won't stop the tribunal case going on.

I never said tribunal would sitting..just wondering the implication

onyfrank:
in this case of burnt inec electoral materials, won't the tribunal maintain the cancellation of this lga?

I think it depends on whose onus the obingwa result sheet was supposed to back whether pdp or apga

ishilove lalasticlala seun

sandraokosun:
love live ochendo! The hope of biafra

LWTMB

Caption says Abia PDP office burnt down.............. Body of d write up talks about INEC office.