The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said denied report of an attack on the collation centre in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state.
Edo State’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said during a briefing, that soldiers had successfully repelled the attackers and reclaimed the hijacked INEC collation centres.
“We are here this afternoon to tell you the ugly incident that is happening in Oredo and some other local government areas,” Nehikhare was quoted as saying.
“But just as I stepped in here a few minutes ago, we were told that soldiers have recovered the Oredo and pushed the thugs out of the collation Centre.
“We want to encourage the military to go across the 18 local government areas of the state and take possession of these collation centres.
“The information we are getting is that they’re planning to attack these collation centres especially the strongholds of the PDP candidate.”
However, TheCable said Rotimi Oyekanmi, spokesperson to the INEC chairman, claimed “there was no attack”.
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), had identified eight LGAs in Edo, which are violence hotspots.
They are: Ovia south-west, Ovia North-east, Egor, Oredo, Ikpoba Okha, Etsako west, Etsako East, Esan South-east.
