“We were asked to cut off roads to block INEC officials, election observers to Kogi Central” – CCECC, Kogi workers [Photos]

Police has arrested Mr. Ismail Abdulganiyu and Sheidu Amoto while digging holes on access road in Okehi Local Government Area in Kogi Central Senatorial District of the State.

When interrogated, they revealed that the Chairman of Okehi LGA, Hon. Abdulraheem Ohiare and Kogi State Ministry of Works contracted them to deconstruct the access road to prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission officials from having access to the district.

The further revealed on Thursday that the LGA Chairman didn’t want some stakeholders and observers to have access to LGA and other parts of the Central Senatorial district, hence, he urged them to dig pits and make the road unmotorable

In their confessions, they stated: “We were commissioned by the Okehi Local Government Chairman, Hon. Abdulraheem Ohiare and we were instructed to carryout the assignment by one Mr. Toni, the project manager of the company in Kogi State [CCECC].

Upon interrogation, Ismail confessed that he is a staff of CCECC construction firm while Sheidu said he is a staff of Kogi State Ministry of Works; admitting to the collaboration between CCECC construction firm and Kogi State Ministry of Works to block access roads in Kogi Central ahead of the February 25, 2023 general elections.

As at the time of filing this report, the
construction firm has already dug pits in four major access roads in Okehi local government area.

Several reports confirmed that the company under the order of the Kogi State government will carry out the same assignment in other four local government areas of Kogi Central to prevent INEC officials from accessing the Senatorial district and prevent the impending defeat of the APC candidates.

The arrest was coming in less than 48 hours to the general election.

Meanwhile, CAPITAL POST reports that the INEC has earlier in the week dispatched its non-sensitive materials to all the 21 LGAs successfully in Kogi State.