Udo Kierian Fingered In Ballot Box Snatching Incident In Oruk Anam
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By UbongAbasi
Ise
All was not well in Saturday’s rescheduled
Presidential and National Assembly elections in Oruk Anam local government area
as pockets of irregularities marred electoral processes, with Sir Udo Kierian
Akpan, member representing Oruk Anam State Constituency in Akwa Ibom State
House of Assembly alleged to have sponsored the snatching of ballot boxes at
polling unit 009, located at Cooperative Hall, Ediene Ikot Inyang, Ward 10.
Voters were dazed as thugs suspected to have been
hired by the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, invaded the polling unit, harassed
the electorates and carted away ballot boxes some moments to the conclusion of
the voting process.
Mr. Patrick Nkantion, the polling agent who was
representing All Progressives Congress, APC, at the unit, told our
correspondent that the electoral materials were moved along with the INEC ad
hoc staff to the ward center at Ikot Esenam, the hometown of the State House of
Assembly lawmaker, Sir Udo Kierian Akpan.
According to a petition letter to the Resident
Electoral Officer, Akwa Ibom State, dated February 23rd, 2019, and
co-signed by Mr. Nkantion and his assistant, Mr. Augustine Etukudo, snatching
of the ballot boxes and associated violence occurred after Udo Kierian paid
brief visit to the polling unit.
On snatching of the ballot boxes, the letter reads: “while
we the APC accredited agents were trying to rescue some of our supporters
manhandled by the PDP thugs, the thugs swung on the election materials and
officials and snatched the ballot boxes, result sheets and other electoral
materials and ordered INEC ad hoc staff into a waiting vehicle and were driven to
Ikot Esenam, the Ward centre, and the home village of Hon. Udo Kierian.
“This action abruptly halted a peaceful, free and
fair election that was going on at the center. At our center, there was no
official security attached, not minding being on the East-West Road and most at
the boundary area with the Ogonis, in River State.”
Patrick Nkantion told our correspondent that INEC ad
hoc staff were suspected to be compromising and biased towards PDP as the
Supervisory Presiding Officer, SPO, custodied all the sensitive materials in
the trunk of a car belonging to a PDP stalwart in the area. According to the
APC agent, the materials were brought out at the orders of the military
personnel that visited the polling unit.
Incident of ballot box snatching was also recorded
at polling unit 015 located at Ikot Obio Nsu, ward 4 in Oruk Anam local
government area after voting was nearing conclusion.
At polling unit 023 in Ikot Udo Idem, ward 4, Oruk
Anam, there were spates of violence before accreditation even started with
unidentified person seriously injured on the head. Meanwhile, electoral
processes commenced after normalcy returned to the area.
But there was peaceful polling exercise at polling
unit 007, Ikot Ubo, ward 4 in Oruk Anam where Senator Godswill Akpabio of the
APC was leading Engr. Chris Ekpenyong of the PDP with 128 votes against 113.
A voter, Mr. Uduak John, who spoke with our
correspondent, said it was the first time since 1999 a political party other
than the PDP lead in any election at the polling unit.
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>Udom’s Deputy, Aniekan Umanah Lose Polling Unit To APC
>Senator Akpabio’s Ward Gets Election materials … As INEC Clears Air On Diversion of Materials In A’Ibom
>Orgasms In The Mention Of Akpabio
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