Policemen and officials of the
Department of State Services (DSS) clashed at head office of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state on Sunday.
The altercation was over a fresh
screening conducted by the DSS at the collation centre.
Journalists and observers were
already seated in the collation hall, waiting for continuation of the event
when security personnel asked everyone to leave the hall and present themselves
for another screening.
Armed DSS, reportedly drafted
from Abuja, took over the screening and the policemen who had controlled entry
into the hall earlier were pushed aside.
This led to a dispute between
policemen and one of the DSS operatives which almost turned ugly save for the
intervention of a senior security officer.
A similar incident happened
between policemen and soldiers in Rivers state on March 10, forcing INEC to
suspend all electoral processes in the state.
There was widespread disruption
and violence during the supplementary election in Kano on Saturday.
As a result of this, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) called for the cancellation of the rerun.
Rabiu Sulaiman-Bichi, acting
chairman of the PDP, alleged that the process had completely been taken over by
armed political thugs.
“Today this charade called re-run
election was slated to hold in Kano and other states but unfortunately, what we
have in Kano is nothing but a sham,” he had said.
But reacting, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) had said the major opposition party was afraid of
losing the election, hence, the call for the cancellation of the rerun.
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