The police in Cross River State have arrested three suspected political thugs who attempted to disrupt the by-election for the House of Assembly, which held on Saturday in Obanliku Local Government Area.
Emmanuel Itile and his two younger brothers were arrested for disrupting the electoral process in the Bayaga Polling Unit in Obanliku.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had earlier announced Ashakia Pius of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 18, 2023, Obanliku State constituency election, but following disputations, the court ordered a rerun.
