African Bar Association President Decries Electoral Malpractice, Ballot-snatching During Sokoto Supplementary Poll

The President of African Bar Association, Barrister Hannibal Uwaifo, has described as unacceptable some of the electoral malpractices  witnessed during the National Assembly Supplementary election in parts of Sokoto state.

Speaking at a press conference in Sokoto Uwaifo said his team saw a lot of ballot box snatching in the state and violence in some of polling units as well as mutilation of results sheets among other malpractices.

According to him, some of the electoral officers were attacked and beaten by political thugs with no help coming their ways.

Meanwhile there is a large turnout of voters in most of the polling units visited with less hitches as a team of security personnel including men and officers of the Nigeria Army were stationed around most of the polling units.