Kogi: INEC, SDP's Gov. Candidate Trade Words Over Alleged Attack

The Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Natasha Akpoti and the Independent National Electoral Commission engaged in a mild argument over the pandemonium that greeted the stakeholders meeting held in Lokoja today.

Natasha Akpoti via her twitter handle alleged that she was physically and sexually abused by by Yahaya Bello’s led APC government. She later accused the Police and the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of doing nothing to salvage the situation.

INEC, through its official twitter handle, however refuted the claims made by the Governorship aspirant by clarifying what happened during the meeting.

Recall that odunews.com had earlier reported that the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Adamu, the INEC Chairman as well as other stakeholders were teargassed at the stakeholders meeting.

The SDP’s candidate later took to twitter to air her grievances on the issue which spurred a response from INEC.

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See tweets Below:

Yahaya Bello’s @OfficialAPCNg thugs *
— Natasha Akpoti (@NatashaAkpoti) November 12, 2019

That is not true. First let me say that it was unfortunate that you were attacked. The meeting was already well on course when you arrived. When we heard you were outside, we sent our Legal Officer to search for you. He came back after searching the entire premises to report that
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) November 12, 2019

@inecnigeria U mean, when u heard I was ATTACKED outside u sent ur Legal Officer to get me in?

What about the IG of @PoliceNG & d commissioner who sat in the hall?

Well, Thanks for admitting to there was a physical & sexual attack on my person by APC /Yahaya Bello’s thugs.
— Natasha Akpoti (@NatashaAkpoti) November 12, 2019

you were nowhere to be found. You have every right to attend the Stakeholders’ Meeting and the attack on you by unknown persons is reprehensible. However, we were all inside the tightly packed hall and we tried all we could to save the situation when we got the information.
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) November 12, 2019

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Kogi: INEC, SDP’s Gov. Candidate Trade Words Over Alleged Attack