APC planning to burn Edo INEC office, PDP alleges

The national leadership of the Senator Ahmeed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday alleged that the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress was planning to burn down the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state.

It said that its attention has been drawn to an incident that occurred on  Wednesday, wherein it alleged that its (PDP) representatives and that of the APC in Edo State chapters were at the INEC office in Benin City in continuation of the inspection and verification of materials used during the 2016 governorship election in compliance with the order of the Election Petition Tribunal.

Spokesperson for the Makarfi-led PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who stated this in a statement, added that the party was reliably informed that during the exercise, some  APC members were planning to destroy the evidence that could nail the party(APC) as a result of the outcome of the governorship election in the state.

Adeyeye said the revelations that allegedly emanated from the office of the INEC jolted the APC representatives.

He said the alleged revelations were critical and that this made the APC representatives to accuse the INEC staffers of conspiracy.

(Punch)