Some members of the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) working as ad-hoc staff of the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) for the supplementary governorship
election in Ihiala Local Government Area of
Anambra State, have held on to results from
their polling units.
The corp members threatened not to release
result sheets from their polling units until their
N3,000 individual food allowances were paid.
The angry youths surrounded INEC officials,
including the Senior Presiding Officer, at the
local government headquarters.
“Carry the results and take them to your houses,”
one INEC official quipped the corps members.
“Police will come and arrest you; you will finish
the NYSC programme and not get the certificate.”
A female corps member who complained of not
having transport fare said she was relying on
the promised allowance.
Voting exercise earlier scheduled to take place
between 10 am and 4 pm began late in the
afternoon and ended around 5 pm.
FIJ earlier reported how sporadic shooting by
heavily armed soldiers dispersed voters
exercising their franchise at different polling
units in the area.
Source: FIJ
