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Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, 2 Others Make Statements On Alleged Electoral Offences by Metrixnews: 10:07am On Mar 07, 2019
The Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa and two of his security aides have made statements on caution to Abia state CID on alleged electoral offences brought against them by the state police command.

He was said to have arrived the State CID at about 3.30.p.m on Wednesday to honour police invitation for the alleged kidnapping, rigging and destruction of result sheets during the National Assembly elections.

According to a reliable source, the case allegedly involved Dr. Ibe and INEC official, who was being detained in police custody, was arrested for alleged result falsification, thumbprinting and other related electoral fraud. Ibe in a written confessional statement admitted to have committed the offence on an alleged instruction of Ohuabunwa of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The source further revealed that Ibe allegedly tore a result sheet which the candidate in which the APC was leading. A DPO and Inspector that were also invited for interrogation over the alleged electoral crime had already made useful statement to the police.

NYSC members who were also arrested by the police while thumb-printing in the bush had also written confessional statements that they were kidnapped and forced to carry out the alleged offence under the forceful instruction of the PDP Senator. According to the corps members, they were kidnapped because they refused to comprise to rewrite results in favour of the PDP candidate which prompted the PDP thugs to tear an original result which the APC was leading.

Also, two security aides to the Senator, Inspector Michael Antai and Sgt. Okwudiri Ndukauba have alleged that the Senator ordered them to snatch ballot boxes in the recently concluded National Assembly election in the state. They were allegedly identified by a youth corps member who worked as INEC ad-hoc staff in the area during the election.

The two police officers are currently in detention on the order of the Commissioner of Police Abia state Command.

Recall that ABN TV had brought you a report earlier that Sen. Ohuabunwa on the late hours of Wednesday visited Abia State CID Umuahia on offences bordering on ballot box snatching, destruction result sheets and others.

SOURCE: https://www.abnews247.com/2019/03/breaking-sen-ohuabunwa-2-others-make-statements-on-alleged-electoral-offences/

Re: Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa, 2 Others Make Statements On Alleged Electoral Offences by Dannyset(m): 10:11am On Mar 07, 2019
These are PDP riggers oo. But children of hate won't see anything bad in it until it is APC.

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