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It was learnt that Duru was being manhandled by some youths, who mounted pressure on him to announce the results and declare the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bassey Ewah, as winner of the election, but he has stood his grounds, turning down all offers by the government

This was just as information emerged that the INEC office in Ugba town of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State was razed when gunmen, believed to be thugs working for one of the major political parties, stormed the office

The APC said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed: “The information that we have received since we issued our last statement is to the effect that the Administration is holding clandestine meetings with security chiefs and others with the sole aim of altering or scuttling the results, which they consider to be highly embarrassing and unpalatable, using malleable RECs

The governor, who noted that the soldiers must have got an illegal order from their Commander, said: “Yesterday (Friday) I addressed the press and I did say that Brigadier Odidi has chosen to frustrate this exercise in Edo North. Ironically, Brigadier Odidi is from Agenebode and he is the one who is giving this unlawful order

“Whereas the process has gone on well in several places, in some others it has encountered some challenges, especially with the use of the card readers. “Consequently, accreditation has been slow in many places and has not commenced at all in some others