death as a substance suspected to be a bomb, exploded at the Umuola
Hall, Ward 8, Ogbor Hill, Aba North LGA, at the ongoing by -election
into the Aba North/Aba South federal constituency position.
Umuola Hall ,ward 8, hosts 13 polling units. There was a large gathering
of voters and party agents as the four contending political parties;
PDP,APGA, AA and APC , struggle to outwit each other.
Though no life was lost, electoral materials were destroyed as workers,
voters and party agents scampered to safety.
However, a combined team of soldiers and policemen stormed the area and
restored normalcy and voting has restarted.
A voter, who gave his Chinedu Eze, told journalists that they were on
queue when they heard a blast in the area and everyone fled.
He said; “We were on the queue; some people were being accredited to
cast their votes when we heard a loud sound. Everybody took to their
their heels. It was a bomb and we didn’t know where it came from. We
returned when soldiers and Police came to the hall. Now, voting has
started once again. It is a miracle, we thank God that nobody was
injured, imagine the number of people in the hall that could have died.”
As usual, Commissioner of Police, Mrs Janet Agbede, didnt respond to
calls placed on her mobile number, as at the time of filing this report.