DSS, others bar journalists from collation centres in Imo

There was mild tension in parts of in Imo State on Sunday as
armed security personnel, including men of the Department of
State Security, the Police and the Army barred journalists from
collation centres in the state.
At the collation Centre in Owerri Municipal Council Secretariat,
journalists were turned back from the gate by stern looking
security operatives who could not give reasons for the action.
The anxious journalists who were at the centres to get the
results of the National Assembly and Presidential election
results were told to return home and wait until the results
were announced.
All efforts to reach the Resident Electoral Commissioner,
George Ada, were abortive as his phone was switched off.
Meanwhile elections were conducted yesterday in the polling
units where the exercise could not hold yesterday as a result
of non availability of voting materials.
It will be recalled that many supporters of the All Progressives
Congress were arrested and manhandled by security
operatives at the alleged instance of the People’s Democratic
Party.