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Saturday 18 April 2015

Exposed! Real Reasons why INEC Office in Katsina-Ala was Burnt Down


Facts have emerged revealing the real cause of the arson at the Area office belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ),  in Katsina Ala early hours of the morning.
The inferno which burnt down the office is discovered to be the handiwork of the disgruntled out going governor who lost his bid to retire at the Senate, to Sen. Barnabas Gemade. This evil act was intended to destroy evidence as part of his plans to institute legal action against INEC and the eventual Victor.
It could be recalled that Suswam through his principal agent at the just concluded Senatorial Elections, Prince Solomon Wombo,  had alleged that they were rigged out of the elections and were heading to the appeals for justice and retrieval of their mandate.
According to him, INEC through the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC ), had compromised and in the event, cancelled polling units in Logo and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas where he claimed they had won the elections.
However it is common knowledge that the polling units claimed to have been won by Suswam in Logo and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas were places where he rigged with impunity as much as not allowing accreditation of voters thus the reason to burn down the INEC office to destroy evidence and in effect complicate the legal matter.
The Public Relations Officer of INEC in makurdi, Mr. Ochai has said the commission is yet to ascertain the real cause of the fire but averred that it would have probably been the work of desperate politicians whom they were yet to identify.
Unfortunately for Suswam and his co - travellers, Mr. Ochai said no sensitive materials were destroyed in the burnt down office as all sensitive materials as well as card readers were moved out of the office after the elections as such destroying the office was a futile effort if that was the intent.
This will be the third INEC office to be burnt in the course of the just concluded general elections. All three office are also situated in Benue North-East Senatorial District where the state governor,  Gabriel Suswam was in hot contest with Sen. Barnabas Gemade for the representation of the Senatorial District. While two of these are situated in Suswam's Federal Constituency of Sankera, the third is situated in Gemade's Jechira federal constituency.

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