ELECTIONS: ONE KILLED IN IBADAN, AS THUGS DISRUPT VOTING IN OSUN

An eyewitness account added further that trouble started when some members of some political parties started removing the banners and posters of other parties in the vicinity and replacing them with those of their candidates.

”The boy, Monsuru, who just finished his secondary education at St Luke’s College in Molete, Ibadan was mauled down by the thugs. Many residents believe the thugs belong to the group called ‘One Million Boys’’.

“Votes were being collated when the assailants came into Lako Compound, Kudeti, the same ward where Ambassador Arapaja voted and they started shooting sporadically. It led to the death of Monsuru”, the witness added

Penpushing further reports that,  Arapaja , a former Deputy Governor who is a chieftain of African Democratic Congress( ADC) while reacting  complained that security was not tight enough in the area, and when contacted on phone, the Police Public Relation Officer  in Oyo State,  Gbenga Fadeyi said that the incident actually happened, adding that it was an accidental discharge.

In a related development, some political thugs disrupted the elections in Ward 9, Unit 1 and Unit 2, Iba Village in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State, and also threaten voters and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials.

Penpushing reports that, as at the time of the incident, electorates at the scene said that no security official was present when the disruption took place, stressing that, “we don’t know the party they belong to. They came here to disrupt on going election”.

 The Director of Director of Voters Education of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State, Venerable Ojewande, when contacted said the commission was aware of the situation.

“We got the report that some thugs went to Iba to disrupt election but our officials were able to leave the scene with our materials. Our officials are there already with security men to put everything in order.”