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‘No collation of results in Ikwerre,’ official says

TVC E, POLITICS – Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday survived heavy gun attacks in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, a collation officer, Allwell Egeonu, has said.

According to Egeonu, a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, said the attack started at about 7:30 pm when collation was about to start in Isiokpo, headquarters of Ikwerre Local Government area.

“It took over 30 minutes shooting,” he said in a video interview where he described the attack. “We are lucky to have returned alive.”

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Ikwere is the home local government of Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi.

The collation officer said: “I’m a lecturer at the university of Port Harcourt. My name was nominated for INEC election. I didn’t know who actually sent my name. I am not a card carrier of any political party.

 “I just went there to do my job. But we had finished at Ikwerre local government only to find out that by Saturday, around 7:30 (P.M) we went for the collation at Isiokpo Local Government (headquarters).

“Incidentally, we were lucky to have returned alive. The sporadic shooting that commenced… it took over 30 minutes shooting and we were all led out. We managed to be rescued by the security agents.

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“In the process of running for dear life, we left all our materials. I am a collating officer. I had nothing. I collated nothing.

“So, I felt… and this morning I informed the EO (Electoral Officer) of Ikwere Local council of our situation. That’s my observation.”

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