Justin Tyopuusu Jalingo
Police in Taraba on Sunday shot indiscriminately into the air to disperse hoodlums who besieged the secretariat of the All Progressive Congress, protesting alleged manipulation of the ward Congress elections in the state.
The ward congress elections scheduled to hold across the country suffered a delay in the state on Saturday, following the late distribution of election materials as stakeholders of the party were embroidered in controversy over the list of returning officers.
Some of the APC stakeholders in the state on Saturday accused the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajjiya Aisha Alhassan, of hijacking the process.
A credible source of the party in the state told our correspondent on Sunday that a meeting of the party stakeholders was held on Saturday night to address some of the concerns raised by the former Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Danladi, and Ahmed Yusuf a former Commissioner for Finance in the state.
“During the meeting, the Women Affairs Minister agreed for the cancelation of the election results that were held on Saturday to accommodate the concerns of other stakeholders.
“Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi and Ahmed Yusuf complained that the process was hijacked by the women affairs minister as most of the returning officers were said to be Aisha Alhassan’s loyalists and it was agreed that the election should be canceled.
“Even this morning there were fresh complaints which led to the exchange of words among the stakeholders,” he said.
Our correspondent who was at the APC secretariat reports that shortly after most of the party’s stakeholders left the secretariat in anger, their supporters took over the secretariat which led to a commotion in the secretariat.
The police on duty at the secretariat could not control the hoodlums and shot indiscriminately into the air which forced the hoodlums to disperse.
source http://www.punchng.com/gunshots-at-taraba-apc-secretariat-as-police-disperse-hoodlums/
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