Controversy trails attack on APC agent at Idabi

Gbenga Bada 16:53 - 20 February 2016

Meanwhile, Agbo Icha reportedly maintained that he was attacked after he resisted attempts by the thugs to hijack electoral materials at Idabi polling booth at Otukpi- Icho.

A controversy is currently brewing over the alleged attack on an identified All Progressive Congress agent,

According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper, Agbo Icha had claimed he was attacked by thugs when he resisted attempts to hijack electoral materials but the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, claimed that the agent was the one who tried to hijack election materials at the polling booth.

The PDP further claimed that Agbo Icha was apprehended by youths in the area who resisted his attempt and handed him over to the police for further questioning.

Read: Dep. Gov. claims thugs tried snatching ballot boxes

The controversial occurrence happened at the ward of the Deputy governor, Engineer Benson Abounu, who had earlier noted that some thugs tried disrupting the election.

Sen. David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party and Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress had their rerun election after an Appeal court nullified the 2015 election.