Irate youths disrupt INEC meeting in Asaba over Warri ward delineation

From Joe Obukata Ogbodu, Warri
Irate youths protesting the controversial delineation of electoral wards in Warri Federal Constituency, Delta State, on Wednesday disrupted a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Asaba, threatening to stop the conduct of the 2027 general elections in the constituency unless the commission addresses their grievances.
The protesters, mainly Itsekiri and Urhobo/Agbarha-Warri youths, stormed the venue of the meeting, chanting solidarity songs and displaying placards condemning what they described as the arbitrary creation of electoral wards and alleged manipulation of geographical boundaries in favour of...