By Ochuko Akuopha

OLEH—PANDE-MONIUM broke out at the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, weekend, as irate youths disrupted the inspection of ballot materials used for the April 11, 2015, state assembly election in Isoko South constituency II.

The Election Petition Tribunal had last Monday, granted the prayers of the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Ferguson Onwo, for the ballot materials to be inspected.

Onwo is challenging the election of the lawmaker representing the constituency, Mr. Johnson Erijo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the said polls.

Sources said the youths, suspected to be supporters of the opposing political parties, stormed the commission’s premises in the area in large numbers, halting the exercise in the ensuing brawl.

Efforts to reach Erijo for comments were abortive at the time of filing this report, but a PDP stalwart in the area who sought anonymity, told Vanguard that the commotion was masterminded by thugs of the APC.