Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has denied allegation that he slapped a female official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC who refused him from snatching result sheets of the last Saturday’s elections.
The governor also denied tearing result sheets at Orlu local government council office of the commission.
Okorocha was alleged to have slapped an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who was returning from Nwangele Local Government Area of the state where she conducted the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
According to a senior INEC official who spoke to journalists on the condition of anonymity, the officials were returning from Amaigbo, Nwangele LGA headquarters but their vehicle was involved in a road accident near Akwakuma Junction and got some of them injured, but the governor accosted them and demanded the result sheets. But their refusal to grant the governor’s request led to the governor slapping the collation officer.
Source:247ureports
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