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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called for the cancellation of the ongoing by-election for Shanono-Bagwai constituency and the rerun election in Ghari constituency of Kano State.
APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made the call in a statement on Saturday, alleging widespread violence and disruption of the exercise by armed thugs in several polling units.
He claimed that voters were forced to flee from polling areas, while security personnel deployed to the affected constituencies were overwhelmed by the attacks.
According to him, the situation makes the conduct of a credible election impossible.
In other news, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested two individuals identified as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, among others, with a large sum of money suspected to be intended for vote-buying in Iperu Remo during the Federal Constituency by-election held on Saturday.
The suspects, Toryem Joe-Stans and Mandara Aminat, were apprehended alongside their driver in a Mitsubishi Spacewagon with registration number LAGOS AKD 887 HT at about 12:45 am.
According to the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, a patrol team attached to Iperu Remo Division intercepted the vehicle.
She said, “A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of cash sum of two million five hundred thousand naira (N2,500,000) from Mr. Joe-Stans Toryem. During interrogation, he confessed that the money was collected at Kehoy Hotel, Iperu, Ogun State, from a man he referred to as ‘Political Solution’, acting on the directive of his supervisor.”
The Eastern Updates reports that a video showing the arrest of the two INEC staff, a top politician in Ogun State, and three others with large amounts of money suspected to be for vote-buying in the ongoing Remo Federal Constituency bye-election circulated in the early hours of Saturday.
