Monday 9 February 2015

GEJ’s campaign billboard burnt down in Abuja over election postponement


A campaign billboard of President Goodluck Jonathan has been burnt to ashes by an unidentified man.

The billboard, which had the caption: ‘On February 14, vote Goodluck, vote PDP… The Goodluck Thumb’, was set on fire early on Saturday, February 7, in Kubwa, Abuja.

The incident reportedly took place after it was initially rumored that INEC had postponed the February 14, 2015 Presidential election.

According to the Punch Newspaper, the perpetrator of the act, drove to the billboard, parked his car, brought out a tyre and set it on fire. However, the fire didn’t immediately do much damage, and had to came back in the night to pour petrol on another tyre and set it ablaze.

A taxi driver operating in the area was said to have disclosed that: “The incident happened following earlier rumours that the February 14 presidential election has been postponed.”

The billboard is located on the Suleija-Kaduna Expressway at the Federal Housing junction, beside the office of the National Emergency Management Agency in Kubwa.

1 comment:

  1. BURNING CAMPAIGN BILLBOARD TO ME IS SIMPLY CHASING RATS WHEN THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. SOME NIGERIANS REALLY NEED TO GROW UP.

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