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Political thugs raided the PW collation centre in Kubwa of Bwari Area council at about 8.20pm at the ongoing Area council elections in Abuja and carted away electoral materials.
The collation centre identified as Usuma polling zone housing unit 009 was raided by thugs shooting sporadically into the air.
According to an eye witness account, all INEC officials and ad-hoc staff were chased away by the thugs who came to the centre in an unmarked vehicle sped off immediately.
When TNG visited the PW collation it has been deserted but one of the INEC ad-hoc who spoke under the condition of anonymity said” we were had almost finished collation when we heard gunshots at about 8.10pm.
” I can’t count the number of the men but they were many shouting that we should leave the centre and most of us ran out of the centre without our personal belongings such as bags and shoes.
” They held long rifles and other dangerous weapons and nobody looked back as we all ran out of the centre.
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