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By Tony Edike<\/strong><\/p>\n

ENUGU-A Pastor and a politician said\u00a0 to be a chieftain of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, were severely beaten up by angry youths in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State\u00a0 on Saturday for allegedly aiding the smuggling of electoral materials meant for the botched National Assembly election\u00a0 from Ibagwa-Aka police station.<\/p>\n

The cars used by the victims\u00a0 to convey the electoral materials were damaged by the youths said to be supporters of opposition parties who had gathered at the police station for the distribution of the electoral materials.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the\u00a0 incident, an angry mob went to town and destroyed some of Governor Sullivan Chime\u2019s campaign\u00a0 bill boards in the area.<\/p>\n

Another violence during the botched National Assembly elections was reported at Alor-Agu in the same council, where another politician was also brutalized.<\/p>\n

The victim, whose name could not be ascertained, is said to be a member of one of the opposition parties who may have challenged certain politicians over the handling of materials.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness said the politician\u2019s\u00a0 head was battered by his assailants.<\/p>\n

The ordeal suffered by the pastor who hails from one of the communities in the local council area, according to the eyewitness, started when the vigilant youths resisted attempt by the politicians to use their private cars to convey electoral materials to the polling booths.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after the\u00a0 incident, an angry mob went to town and destroyed some of Governor Sullivan Chime\u2019s campaign\u00a0 bill boards in the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nPastor, PDP man beaten over alleged electoral materials\u2019 smuggling - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/pastor-pdp-man-beaten-over-alleged-electoral-materials-smuggling\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Pastor, PDP man beaten over alleged electoral materials\u2019 smuggling - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Tony Edike ENUGU-A Pastor and a politician said\u00a0 to be a chieftain of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, were severely beaten up by angry youths in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State\u00a0 on Saturday for allegedly aiding the smuggling of electoral materials meant for the botched National Assembly election\u00a0 from Ibagwa-Aka police station. 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