Soldiers,
riot policemen and other security agencies on Thursday confronted the
leaders of the All Progressives Congress during their march to the
headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja
to protest against the November 16 Anambra state governorship election.
After a strategic meeting in the APC’s
new secretariat in Wuse 2 in the Federal Capital Territory, which lasted
about three hours, the party leaders took to the streets and embarked
on a procession to INEC’s office in Maitama District.
The protesters however met a stiff resistance from stern-looking security operatives comprising the Police, soldiers, SSS and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
An Armoured Personnel Carrier, marked NPF 6359 C, measuring about 40-feet long, was used to barricade the entrance to the commission’s office, while the driver of the truck and police officers were pelted with sachets of water by the APC youths.
The protesters however met a stiff resistance from stern-looking security operatives comprising the Police, soldiers, SSS and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
An Armoured Personnel Carrier, marked NPF 6359 C, measuring about 40-feet long, was used to barricade the entrance to the commission’s office, while the driver of the truck and police officers were pelted with sachets of water by the APC youths.
In their separate speeches, the APC
national Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; National Leader of the party and
former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former chairman of
ANPP, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari(retd.), called for the sacking of INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru
Jega, with immediate effect for his handling of the Anambra State
governorship poll and the recent Delta State Senatorial by-election.
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