Gunmen disrupt Akwa Ibom re-run elections, kidnap INEC officials

Electoral violence has marred the re-run election for the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District taking place in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Giving an eye-witness account of how gun-men disrupted the court-ordered re-run election, the acting Secretary of Akwa Ibom State Movement, a socio-political organization in the state, Solomon Abasiekong Esq blamed a serving minister as the root cause.

MyNigeria gathered that armed thugs wielding guns and other dangerous weapons stormed Units 5 and 8 respectively in Ward 11, carted away voting materials and abducted the INEC officials at the unit.

According to Abasiekong, the thugs were led by a serving minister's cousin who used gunmen to terrorize voters and seize materials.

“The INEC officials were manhandled and abducted. As I speak, I don’t know where they are. It is very sad that the innocent INEC officials who are only here to do their job have become victims of election violence unleashed by sons of the state," he said