ADC: Tension at INEC headquarters, security beefed up, roads blocked

There is presently a dense information beingness astatine the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, successful Abuja.

The improvement follows the determination of the electoral umpire to de-list the National Working Committee, NWC, of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, from its portal connected Wednesday.

DAILY POST learnt that implicit 2 1000 aggravated Nigerians gathered astir the INEC office successful Maitama, Abuja, moments aft the determination was announced.

Some Nigerians, mostly members of the ADC, the Obidient Movement and different groups had planned to instrumentality to INEC Headquarters successful Maitama, Abuja connected Thursday for a protestation tagged ‘Occupy INEC’.

DAILY POST observed that roadworthy starring to the commission’s office were blocked with information vehicles connected Thursday morning. A ample fig of information agents, including unit of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, and Department of State Services, DSS, were besides observed astir the headquarters.

DAILY POST reported that INEC struck retired the names of David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola from its authoritative portal arsenic National Chairman and National Secretary of the ADC, respectively.

The committee besides said it would not recognise Nafiu Bala Gombe, who is seeking to beryllium declared nationalist president done the courts.

INEC announced connected Wednesday that it would suspend designation of each factions wrong the enactment and refrain from monit...