Multiple social media pages have posted photos of vandalised election materials which are claimed to be from the collation centre in Akete ward of Donga LGA in Taraba state.
The posts claimed that there is no voting going on in the said ward because thugs vandalised the collation centre and made away with election materials at the ward.
Verification
The CDD Election War Room verified this claim and found it to be true. Daily sun newspapers have confirmed this in the early hours of Saturday, March 18, 2023.
According to them, the hoodlums attacked the ward around 6:30 am on March 18, 2023 when INEC was about to move the materials to various polling units. Officials and voters ran for their lives.
Verdict: The claim is true. There’s evidence to show that hoodlums attacked the Akete ward collation centre.
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