Thugs Snatch 1, 235 Permanent Voter Cards in Kogi state




The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje, told NAN in Lokoja that the thugs snatched the cards during the distribution of the item to registered voters in the state on Saturday.
He said the cards were snatched from INEC officials in some polling units in Lokoja, Ankpa and Okene.
According to mr Agbaje,out of the 1,020 cards were snatched by the armed thugs in Lokoja, 140 were in Ankpa and 75 in Okene.
He however said that 406 of the cards that were snatched in Lokoja had been recovered, and that some arrests had been made.

The resident commissioner also disclosed that the secretary to one of the local government councils in Kogi West senatorial district was apprehended for dual registration.
The INEC commissioner said dual registration attracts a penalty of 12 years imprisonment and a fine of N2 million on conviction.
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