The Resident Electoral
Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Austin Okojie, on Saturday said security
operatives had arrested a former Director General of the National Youth Service
Corps, Maj. Gen. Edet Akpan (retd.), for alleged electoral offences.
Okojie disclosed this
in Uyo while briefing newsmen on challenges experienced in the ongoing
Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
He said 10 corps
members were also arrested together with Akpan at his residence in Nsit Atai
Local Government Area, while allegedly thumb printing ballot papers.
The commissioner said
the suspects were being interrogated by security agencies.
Okojie said the commission
had also recorded hitches in seven out of the 31 local government areas of the
state.
He said the areas
affected include Eket, Ibeno, Onna, Ibesikpo/Asutan, Ukanafun, Etim Ekpo and
Mkpat Enin local government areas.
Okojie said the
commission had received cases of ballot boxes snatching and indiscriminate
shooting at polling stations from the affected areas.
He also said that two
corps members had been injured in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area.
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