Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday set ablaze the INEC office in the area after chasing away the members of staff of the commission. Many of the voters who claimed to have arrived at the various polling stations in the area as early as 6.30am, decided to go to the INEC office to verify the reasons for the delay in the arrival of election officers and voting materials. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that tempers flared and a violent protest ensued when there was no INEC official on hand to explain the situation to the demonstrators who subsequently set the INEC office in the area ablaze. Unspecified number of persons were also said to have been injured. Several calls put through by our correspondent to the INEC Acting Public Affairs Officer, Mrs. Fatima Bande, were not answered. Also in Zaria, irate youths numbering about 500 beat up and stripped naked a man suspected to be in possession of ballot papers at a polling unit in Durumin Maigarke. The police unsuccessfully tried to rescue the suspect. The youths tore his dress and used it to tie his hands behind him. The Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties and second republic governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, alleged that the postponement of the election was a ploy by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to secure an extension of the tenure of its current political office holders. Musa alleged that since the 1999 constitution allowed the government in power to remain in office till the conduct of the next election, the PDP government was taking every step to truncate the April elections with the ultimate aim of extending its stay in office. He said, “What this means is that the PDP is going to have a third term in office. The 1999 constitution says that when elections fail to hold, the governors and the President should remain in power till such a time when elections are conducted. “By May 29, the President and the governors will continue and you know that the National Assembly will not allow them to continue without them and so, they will go and amend the constitution to take care of them.”
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Posted: at 3-04-2011 01:55 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
toffee2love at 3-04-2011 08:12 PM (14 years ago) (m)
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( OMG wht kind of country is NIgeria, that what works perfectly well in other country can hardly work here. God rain fire on these EVIL MEN @ D SIT OF POWER So that an AVERAGE Nigerian will wake up and say GOD BLESS NIGERIA :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
Posted: at 3-04-2011 08:12 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
obioniside at 3-04-2011 08:36 PM (14 years ago) (m)
that is north, they are like northern africa, war all the time, anyway shaaaaaaaaa, thats what fit nigeria now so we could know whether we can experience transition and not transmission
Posted: at 3-04-2011 08:36 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday set ablaze the INEC office in the area after chasing away the members of staff of the commission. Pls u need to be specific bcos we in kaduna are not aware of that. u start by saying Government area of kaduna state as quoted above. pls specify. INEC office in Kaduna is not far from our house and nothing as such except if it is in one of the local govt areas of the state.
Posted: at 3-04-2011 10:12 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
that is north, they are like northern africa, war all the time, anyway shaaaaaaaaa, thats what fit nigeria now so we could know whether we can experience transition and not transmission
May b u are of the Egwesu boys that is y u are saying that. in case u are not u most be of the OPC or the Bakassi. have u ever been to the north. pls watch ur words.
Posted: at 3-04-2011 10:23 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
Government Area of Kaduna State, on Saturday set ablaze the INEC office in the area after chasing away the members of staff of the commission. Pls can u b specific abt the INEC office that was burnt in kaduna bcos the INEC is nt far 4rm our house and nothing as such ever happen except if it is in one of the local govt areas of the state
Posted: at 3-04-2011 10:31 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
Now that's the North for u.... burning down a government property built with tax payers money and beating up ur fellow human who's only been recruited by INEC to serve is totally uncalled for...
if they were so aggrieved by the postponement of the elections why couldn't they arrange for some buses and match down to INEC head office in Abuja and then lay their complains and bitterness there?
i very strongly believe that those youth were bn sponsored by some politicians over there to embark on such a detrimental actions. this is the reason why the northern youths should be encouraged to acquire education.. cos when u re informed and u know ur right, no one can push u around at will.
It is totally uncalled for and very unfortunate... maybe by burning that particular INEC office they might as well ve burnt some the electoral materials and machines in there that could ve bn used for most part of that area...
Now is there any sense in that?
Posted: at 3-04-2011 10:47 PM (14 years ago) | Hero
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