Protest mars APC senate primary in Nasarawa-West

A violent protest disrupted the All Progressive Congress (APC) Nasarawa-West senatorial primary election that was held on Sunday to elect a candidate for the 2023 elections.
Youths at the venue of the election in Keffi Local government area of the state broke through security barriers on Sunday night and attacked electoral officials.
The youths were infuriated at the alleged alterations to the delegates list by party officials. The delegates were expected to vote for one of the two aspirants seeking the party’s ticket.
Youths supporting Labaran Magaji against his opponent Shehu Tukur began to raise objections over delegates being accredited at 6:00 p.m.
As their objections were ignored, the angry youths managed to breach the security arrangement by until 9:55 p.m. to confront the electoral officials.
During the confrontation, the youths became violent, a development that made the security operatives to fire tear gas and gun shots in the air to disperse them and protect the electoral officials and aspirants at the venue.
Speaking on the development, Mr Magaji blamed the incident on the alteration on delegates list.
He added that he advised the electoral officials to suspend the polls but was turned down, prompting the angry youths to violently breach the security arrangement.
He urged his supporters to remain calm while legal means would be employed to resolve the matter.
During the melee, security operatives managed to evacuate the electoral officials and journalists from the venue.
(NAN)
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