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Claim: An X post by TV3 Police officer at Ablekuma West beaten for attempting to smuggle unsealed ballot boxes to collation center.
Verdict: False
Explanation
Even though an unsealed ballot box is seen in the video, which confirms part of the claim, it was not the police who attempted to bring it into the collation centre. The boxes were carried by two unknown men. Later on, two other policemen were seen meandering their way into the crowd ostensibly to restore order but the crowd resisted any attempt to carry the box into the collation centre. Whilst the video captured scenes of the angry mob beating someone it was not clear who the victim was. An observer with the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) at the Ablekuma West collation centre told the Coalition the police men were called in to restore order and they did that by spraying tear gas in order to restore calm. The boxes were smashed but the perpetrators carrying the unsealed ballot boxes however escaped.
