Political thugs in their large numbers on Saturday morning invaded Adejare Polling Unit (PU) in Ilasa, Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State and dispersed voters who were waiting for officials and adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to start voting for the ongoing governorship and state House of Assembly elections. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that INEC officials were nowhere to be found as of 10:12 am, and this left many eligible voters stranded until the thugs invaded the polling unit with daggers and other dangerous objects to disperse them. “Policemen are also not present. The people…
Author: Alex Mandy
On Saturday morning, thugs attacked a few polling units in the Ajiran neighbourhood of the Agungi, Lekki, and Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State, stealing ballot boxes. Newsmen observed that the hoodlums attacked PU 108, PU 007 and PU 028 in the area. Furthermore, it was noted that a large number of people returned to their homes out of fear for their safety after the attack, which caused a sharp decline in voter turnout in the neighbourhood. An area resident who was assaulted and flogged by the thugs while having blood drip down his head stated that he was…
The president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday morning, cast his vote in his polling unit at Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos state. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the incoming Nigerian leader cast his vote alongside his wife, Remi. Addressing reporters, Tinubu, a former governor of the state and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will win despite the challenge posed by the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to him, he voted smoothly. Accreditation and voting have commenced in many polling units across 28 states in Nigeria as the 87.2 million voters…
Four thugs were apprehended with a pistol and a knife on their way to polling stations in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. On Saturday morning, as voting for the state house of representatives and governorship got underway, the hoodlums were apprehended at Sapon in the Abeokuta-South Local Government Area. Four people have been taken into custody with dangerous weapons, including a gun and a knife, according to a soldier at the Sapon roadblock who asked that his name not be published because he is not authorised to speak to the media about the incident. He said, “When you see…
Thugs have hijacked and burnt election materials for three wards in Ogbia Constituency II in Bayelsa during the ongoing State House of Assembly election in the state. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are scrambling for the Assembly seat in the area, and both parties are also striving to form majority in the next state Assembly in Bayelsa State. INEC’s Head Voter Education and Publicity in Bayelsa State, Wilfred Ifogah, who confirmed the development to the press, said the commission will issue an official statement to that effect…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau and his wife Regina, cast their votes at polling unit 15, in his hometown Ajikamai in Shendam Local Government Area of the state for the governorship and state assembly elections. Lalong arrived at the polling place at 11.50, had her identity checked by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at 11.56, and cast her ballot at 11.58. Speaking to reporters after using his franchise, he characterised Plateau residents as law-abiding and claimed that he had not heard of any security concerns during the exercise from the security agencies. Lalong expressed satisfaction with the efficiency of…
Some political thugs in Fadeyi area of Lagos State have been captured on camera threatening electorate not to perform their civic right if they would not be voting for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the stakes have gone higher in the electoral race for the Lagos top job. Today’s election will be contested among Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (Jandor) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party. The governorship election in Lagos state on March 18 is expected to be fundamentally different from…
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, has urged his supporters not to be intimidated in the aftermath of the killing of a political thug at one of the state’s polling units. WITHIN NIGERIA reports that angry electorates allegedly killed political thugs in Ago place, Lagos. According to reports, the thugs entered the estate polling unit to disrupt the process, but when angry voters resisted, the thugs pounced on them, killing one. Following the incident, GRV, via his Twitter handle, told Labour Party (LP) supporters that they will not be stopped and will triumph. He…
A man was arrested on Saturday morning in Abia State while reportedly trying to sneak into the Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) Chairman’s office with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the BVAS machine is a device used for the accreditation of voters through biometric capture, uploading of polling results and other functions. It was introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a solution to the inadequacies of the card readers used in previous elections. The man’s exact mission is not immediately known. Watch the video here. This newspaper reports that the March…
In Ebonyi State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as false a claim by Tochukwu Okorie, a former party member, that the party has no governorship candidate for Saturday’s election. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii remains the PDP Campaign Council’s governorship candidate, according to Abia Onyike, Director of Media and Publicity. Okorie was acting out of frustration after being expelled from the party, according to Onyike. The statement reads: Our attention has been drawn to a purported piece of disinformation and useless propaganda emanating from one Mr. Toochukwu Okorie, a former Chairman of PDP in Ebonyi State who was suspended by…