Tension in Ogbomoso as collation officers flee INEC office (Punch)

The collation process at the Independent National Electoral Commission at Ogbomoso North Local Government Area has been truncated as the returning officer, Professor Rasheed Okunola and other collation officers were forced to flee the centre.

Okunola was reconciling the results of the 10 wards in the in the LGA when the report of security threat was received.

Officials of INEC accompanied by security agents on receiving reports that some people wanted to cause violence, moved all the results to the town hall, near the palace of Soun Ogbomoso.

Okunola had told the senior police officer before the incident that he was rounding off, and that announcement would be made shortly. Read more