Gabriel Agabi, a lecturer in the philosophy department at the University of Calabar, has been taken into custody by security personnel in the state of Cross Rivers for having access to 17 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) voting machines.
Agabi, who was detained on Sunday, February 26, is also charged with impersonating Dominic Abakedi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation officer for the Yache ward in the state’s Yala Local Government Area.
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When Agabi was detained, he was donning an INEC reflective jacket.
He was reportedly apprehended at the Okpoma collation center, where the BVAS machines were not set up for the ward where he was detained.
Agabi allegedly confessed to impersonating Abakedi while being taken by police to the Ogoja Area Command for further investigation by the CID unit. Agabi was reportedly taken to the Ogoja INEC office after this.
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Zannah Shettima, the regional commissioner of police in charge of the elections, reportedly declined to comment on the situation.
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