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| Samuel Angau brutalized by security operatives today |
PLASIEC’S announcement: Violence protest in
Bassa; 2 hospitalized, Chairman’s resident burnt.
By Lovins Yakubu
October 11, 2018
Business
activities in Jebbu Bassa was grounded on Thursday for hours following protest
by youths in the area over the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission
(PLASIEC’s) declaration of APC candidates as winner of Bassa Local
Government Council seat out of the just concluded Local Government Council
Elections in the State.
Our
man reports that while voters were anxiously waiting at the collation centre at
the Local Government headquarters for the verdict of the returning officer on
the election, PLASIEC allegedly announced the names of winners in 11 local governments but was however, silent
on the result or figures.
Our
reporter said the development angered the electorates most of them youths who
quickly mobilized themselves and blocked all the entrances to the town and took
to the streets, shouting “we no go gree, we no go gree”.
Shop
owners were said to have quickly locked their shops.
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| Burnt shops in front of Mrs Bali's residence |
The
first casualty of the protest was the transition committee chairman of
The
Local Government Council, Mrs. Sarah Bali whose resident was burnt by the
protesters.
Nikiru,
a student of Bassa Comprehensive Secondary School was admitted at Albarka
hospital when she fainted as a result of shock owing to gun shots by security
forces close to the school, while another youth, Samuel Angau was also admitted
at the Cottage Hospital Kisaloi as a result of head injury sustained from
beating he allegedly received from security forces.
However,
it took the efforts of combine security operatives to quell the situation.
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