NPF 17 Chizami A/C has alleged that NSF Speaker, Cusayi Lohe was involved in the attempt to capture the ballot boxes of Porba A polling station no. 8 and Porba B polling station no. 9 while transporting them to Phek district headquarters on April 16 at around 6: 30 pm, some four km away from Porba village. The NPF unit vehemently condemned the incident after the polling was peacefully conducted in the two poling stations. NPF 17 Chizami A/C press secretary, Sapunyi Zholia in a statement said the attempt was unsuccessful as they were overpowered by the security forces who fired blank shots and in the process injured one person by a stray bullet. According to the statement, the vehicles detained on the spot by the security forces included Bolero (NL-05/2811) belonging to NSF Speaker, Cusayi Lohe; Scorpio (NL-07/3300) belonging to the Congress candidate, K. Therie; Gypsy (NL-08/0780) belonging to Kuveo of Pfutsero town and Maruti Zen (NL-05C/0051) belonging to Kuhucuyi of Porba village. The NPF unit said the vehicles were detained in Police station Pfutsero and under investigation.
