Police assault, Vanguard journalist from monitoring result collation

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Police officers attached to Ughelli Police 'A' Division, Delta State, <br> Sunday, assaulted and stopped journalists present at the Ughelli <br> office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from <br> monitoring the collation of result of Saturday's Presidential and <br> National Assembly elections. <br> Lamenting his ordeal after spending close to one hour behind the <br> counter, Vanguard's Perez Brisibe, said that when he got to the INEC <br> collation centre at 6:15a.m., an officer attached to the Counter <br> Terrorism Unit, CTU barked at him, asking who he was, adding that <br> after showing the officer his INEC media accreditation card, the <br> officer said: "Is that why you are walking freely into the premises? <br> In short leave this place now." <br> According to Perez, while trying to explain to the officer the need to <br> allow him access the collation centre, two other officers accosted him <br> from behind saying, "Who gave you the guts to talk back to an officer? <br> Obey the order and get out of this premises." <br> This he said was followed by slaps and punches from other officers <br> including a female CTU officer, who freely used a horse wipe on him. <br> He said: "In obeying their order, I was walking out and trying to <br> inform my colleagues of what had transpired when two of them pounced <br> on me again saying, 'You are making calls abi? In short, we are <br> locking you up'. <br> "At that point, they dragged me across the main road like a common <br> </div>

Police assault, Vanguard journalist from monitoring result collation

Police officers attached to Ughelli Police 'A' Division, Delta State, Sunday, assaulted and stopped journalists present at the Ughelli office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, f…

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President Jonathan's Message For Nigerians As They Await For Election Results

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> GEJ-We waited patiently to vote in these elections, now I want to urge <br /> all Nigerians to also wait patiently for the Independent National <br /> Electoral Commission, INEC, to collate and announce results. We must <br /> ensure that we do not get involved in acts that breach our peaceful <br /> co-existence that we patriotically demonstrated during the elections. <br /> May God bless Nigeria. GEJ.</div>

President Jonathan's Message For Nigerians As They Await For Election Results

GEJ-We waited patiently to vote in these elections, now I want to urge all Nigerians to also wait patiently for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to collate and announce results. W…

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