The Abia Local Government Chairmanship and Councillorship elections began on a shaky note on Friday, due to the late distribution of electoral materials to the polling units across the 17 Local Government Areas.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents, who monitored the exercise in Umuahia North and Obingwa Local Government Areas (LGAs), also report that as at 10.40 am, officials of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) had yet to arrive at the polling units visited. x
The election was supposed to start by 8am with accrediction of voters and voting taking place simultaneously.
Some voters, who turned up early for the exercise, expressed disappointment over the delay in the commencement of the poll.
Delta Community Says 35 Residents Still Missing After Bloody Attack Over Land Dispute
Igbide armed attackers had on Tuesday and Wednesday invaded Emede and killed about five persons while razing down houses and properties worth several millions of naira due to an age-long land dispute between the two communities.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 14, 2020
Residents of Emede community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State have raised an alarm that over 35 people are missing after last Wednesday s bloody attack by the neighbouring Igbide community.
Igbide armed attackers had on Tuesday and Wednesday invaded Emede and killed about five persons while razing down houses and properties worth several millions of naira due to an age-long land dispute between the two communities.
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The arrest is connected to the recent crisis in two communities in the area.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 12, 2020
Police in Oleh, headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, have arrested the ward chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igbide community, Christopher Irivi-Ubulubu, and two others for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
The arrest is connected to the recent crisis in two communities in the area.
Alleged armed youths from Igbide and mercenaries had on Wednesday invaded Emede community, killed over five persons and set ablaze over 20 houses and properties worth several millions of naira following an age-long land dispute between the two organisations.
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Following the breakdown of law and order in communities in Isoko South LGA of Delta State, the military has arrested the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Igbide Ward and two others over unlawful possession of arms and ammunition.
The PDP chairman, identified as Christopher Irivi-Ubulubu, was said to be the chairman of all the PDP wards chairmen in Isoko South LGA.
They were arrested in connection with the recent communal crisis between Igbide and Emede communities where at least five people were killed and properties destroyed.
The suspects were nabbed at their hideouts in one of the government schools in the community when soldiers stormed both warring communities to restore peace on Thursday.