Connect with us




News

Ballot Boxes Snatched In Edo State

Published

on

Edo State

At least four persons sustained injuries at Ogharra Primary School, Jattu, during the Edo State governorship election, as a ballot box and card reader were snatched at separate developments at Sabongidda Ora and Ibillo respectively.

The Nation reports that The four persons that sustained injuries 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 quell, while three suspects, including a woman was arrested.

At Ward five Sabongidda 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.

Copyright © 2025 BodexNG.COM