Ekiti 2026: One hospitalized as APC, ADC supporters clash over alleged vote buying

Tension erupted on Saturday at Unit 4, Ward 2, Ilawe-Ekiti, during the ongoing Ekiti State governorship election, arsenic supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC, reportedly clashed implicit allegations of ballot buying.

The confrontation, which disrupted the voting process briefly, reportedly near 1 ADC protagonist injured, who was aboriginal rushed to a aesculapian installation for attraction aft sustaining a caput wounded during the altercation.

The ADC governorship candidate, Dare Bejide, who voted astatine the polling unit, accused governmental actors of attempting to compromise the electoral process done currency organisation allegedly brought into the area.

He alleged that wealth intended for voters was brought into the vicinity, triggering a confrontation erstwhile his supporters attempted to intervene and halt the alleged activity.

Bejide further claimed that a chieftain of the APC arrived astatine the country successful a Toyota Jeep, allegedly with currency meant for organisation to voters, a concern helium said escalated into chaos.

According to him, the concern degenerated aft efforts to intercept the alleged currency led to a heated speech involving enactment supporters and information operatives.

“One of my aides was attacked by information men brought successful by them, and helium has been taken to the hospital,” Bejide alleged, describing t...