According to The Nation, five people are reportedly feared dead in about five local government areas in the state during the polls.
The protest was triggered by the on-going announcement by the State’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which clearly shows the PDP leading where most of the protesters claimed no election took place.
The protesters are of mainly of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They mounted road blocks along the popular Oron Road near Asong Ama by Udo Udoma junction with a call on INEC to stop the announcement of the results.
The protesters were prevented from entering Udo Udoma Avenue by the heavily armed security operatives that used their Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and Hilux patrol vans to block the road to avoid the disruption of the results announcement.
Some of the protesters carried placards with various inscriptions. Some of the inscriptions on the placards read:
“PDP ran away with our ballot boxes. Our votes must count. INEC should stop announcing the results. Akpabio should stop using police to intimidate us.”
Others read: “No election took place in many of the Local Government Areas yet INEC is announcing results. Let the wishes of the people prevail. Akpabio wants to turn Akwa Ibom to his personal estate. He wants to impose Udom Emmanuel to cover up. We won’t allow this. We want cancellation of results.”
The Protesters, who dared the police to shoot them, also alleged that after snatching ballot papers thumb printing of ballot papers were done in the houses of serving commissioners in Governor Godswill Akpabio’s house.
During the polls, there were reported cases of violence in almost all the 31 local government areas with political parties agents accusing the PDP thugs of snatching ballot papers.
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor Victor Attah, who addressed newsmen in Uyo, said he witnessed policemen carting away ballot boxes.
Attah, who was also disenfranchised, said he could not cast his votes because INEC officials informed him that electoral materials had been carted away by gunmen.
Attah explained that not only in his unit but several units across the state there were no elections.
He said at his unit, the Police Public Relations Officer, pleaded that I should ensure that my people do not make trouble.
During the Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections, the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, in Akwa Ibom State Umana Umana called for the cancellation of the polls. The protesters are of mainly of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They mounted road blocks along the popular Oron Road near Asong Ama by Udo Udoma junction with a call on INEC to stop the announcement of the results.
The protesters were prevented from entering Udo Udoma Avenue by the heavily armed security operatives that used their Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and Hilux patrol vans to block the road to avoid the disruption of the results announcement.
Some of the protesters carried placards with various inscriptions. Some of the inscriptions on the placards read:
“PDP ran away with our ballot boxes. Our votes must count. INEC should stop announcing the results. Akpabio should stop using police to intimidate us.”
Others read: “No election took place in many of the Local Government Areas yet INEC is announcing results. Let the wishes of the people prevail. Akpabio wants to turn Akwa Ibom to his personal estate. He wants to impose Udom Emmanuel to cover up. We won’t allow this. We want cancellation of results.”
The Protesters, who dared the police to shoot them, also alleged that after snatching ballot papers thumb printing of ballot papers were done in the houses of serving commissioners in Governor Godswill Akpabio’s house.
During the polls, there were reported cases of violence in almost all the 31 local government areas with political parties agents accusing the PDP thugs of snatching ballot papers.
Former Akwa Ibom State Governor Victor Attah, who addressed newsmen in Uyo, said he witnessed policemen carting away ballot boxes.
Attah, who was also disenfranchised, said he could not cast his votes because INEC officials informed him that electoral materials had been carted away by gunmen.
Attah explained that not only in his unit but several units across the state there were no elections.
He said at his unit, the Police Public Relations Officer, pleaded that I should ensure that my people do not make trouble.
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