BREAKING: INEC Officials Run for Their Lives As Youths Fight Dirty in Bayelsa Community, Video
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Bayelsa state, Yenagoa - Fresh tension rocked a community in Bayelsa on Saturday, November 11, and this has affected the electoral process in the state.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials took to their heels via boat as youths fought at the Agudama-Ekpetiama community in Bayelsa, The Cable reported.
As of the time of filing this report, what led to the unrest is unknown. However, Legit.ng understands that this unfortunate development would affect voter turnout in the ongoing November 11 governorship election in the community.
Meanwhile, the governorship race in Bayelsa state is between the governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is seeking re-election and fifteen (15) other candidates, including Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Udengs Eradiri of Labour Party (LP) who is the youth leader from the state.
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Watch the video as INEC officials retreat to boats in the Bayelsa community.
INEC officials stranded in Kogi over transportation to polling units
Similarly, Legit.ng reported that electoral officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were stranded in Lokoja.
INEC officials assigned to different polling units in Lokoja for the November 11 governorship elections were said to be facing a predicament at the Ajayi Crowther Memorial School.
Despite receiving the necessary electoral materials, including corps members and other ad-hoc staff hired for the election, the officials find themselves stranded due to a lack of transportation to their designated polling units.
BayelsaDecides: 6 of 8 Labour Party LG chairmen dump party
Meanwhile, some Labour Party local government chairmen in Bayelsa state have dumped their governorship candidate, Udengs Eradiri, on the eve of the governorship election in the state.
Six of the eight local governments said their decision was in protest of their exclusion from the Labour Party's executives and structure in the governorship campaign.
The party leaders alleged that Eradiri openly embarrassed, rejected and insulted them despite all the advice offered to him to allow them to participate in the campaign activities.
Source: Legit.ng
