Osun Decides: Shooting in Osogbo as alleged APC thugs scare security agents, hijack ballot papers

After what seemed to beryllium a tranquil predetermination successful the Ogo-Oluwa, Golf Junction portion of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, equipped thugs, allegedly hired by the All Progressives Congress, APC, reportedly began shooting sporadically, successful an effort to hijack the ballot container astatine Polling Unit 1, Ward 2.

While the votes were inactive being counted astatine the Polling Unit, astir 8 masked thugs appeared, discharging their weapons indiscriminately and instilling fearfulness successful voters contiguous astatine the polling unit.

However, the information unit assigned to the portion manged to safeguarded immoderate of the ballot container portion the remaining were carted distant by the thugs.

Regarding the hold successful counting, the Presiding Officer clarified that the voters themselves caused the holdup by insisting connected casting their votes contempt arriving precocious astatine the polling unit.

An eyewitness recounted the incidental to DAILY POST, “I indispensable beryllium honest, these are thugs affiliated with the APC. This polling portion is nether the jurisdiction of Accord. The ample assemblage present indicates a wide triumph for Accord. This is the crushed for the chaos. The constabulary managed to unafraid immoderate of the ballot papers, but the thugs absconded with the remainder.

“They are determined to undermine the volition of the people. This reflects the quality of the national authorities we ...