Police Tell Tribunal how APC Agent Snatched Ballot Box During Ekiti Poll

The police on Thursday in Abuja accused one Peter Alabi of Odo Ayedun- Ekiti, who was said to have been an agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 21 governorship election of ballot box snatching.

The accusation was contained in the report the police tendered before the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja through its counsel, Chief Olusola Oke.

The APC had filed a petition challenging the results of the governorship election won by the PDP’ s candidate, Ayodele Fayose.The APC alleged that the election was manipulated by the federal government in favour of the PDP.

The party also challenged the qualification of Fayose for the election, stating that  he  had an ongoing criminal case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

While opening its defence, the police through a report signed by the Commissioner of Police (Election), Ekiti State Command, Ikechukwu A. Aduba, stated  that there were delays in few areas but it did not affect the timeous commencement of the election process.

The report reads in part, “Result of unit six  Odogo under ward nine in Ikole Local Government Area was cancelled due to the snatching of the ballot box by one peter Alabi of Odo Ayedun-Ekiti an APC agent who pretended to cast his vote and ran into the bush with the ballot box.
When pursued by the security agents, he tore the ballot papers therein and escaped.

“INEC subsequently cancelled the unit result.”