Paul Osuyi, Asaba
Armed men suspected to be political thugs on Saturday stabbed a ward chairman of one of the political parties in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Vincent Egbogbo, during the governorship and House of Assembly elections.
The incident happened in Ward 01, Unit 07, Egide Street in Oleh.
A stalwart of the party in the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity accused a rival political party of unleashing mayhem in the area.
The source said “a group of thugs were driving from one polling unit to another threatening voters that those that would not vote for their party should leave the polling centre.
“So, the ward chairman told them to stop intimidating voters and that resulted to the attack.”
According to the source, the victim of the attack, Egbogbo, was been taken to a hospital in the area where he is receiving treatment.