However, it was learnt that the election was largely characterised by a low turnout of voters and logistics challenges at the early stage of the exercise in most council areas......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Some armed thugs on Saturday invaded the polling units in Ijebu Igbo to disrupt the ongoing local government elections in Ogun State.
Recall that some Ogun State residents are expected to elect chairmen and councillors into the 20 Local Government Councils and 236 wards across the three Senatorial Districts in the state.
However, it was learnt that the election was largely characterised by a low turnout of voters and logistics challenges at the early stage of the exercise in most council areas.
The News Agency of Nigeria, which monitored the exercise across the state, reports that the elections scheduled to be held between 8am and 3pm did not start until 11am in most of the polling centres.
NAN reports that most of the polling units visited at Oke-Ilewo and Adigbe areas o Abeokuta-South Local Government Area as well as Ibafo and Mowe areas in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area were virtually empty as of 11am.
Meanwhile, election materials and electoral officials left many local government headquarters, including Ado-Odo/Ota, Abeokuta-North, and Sagamu, as late as 11am.
In multiple videos and pictures obtained by SaharaReporters, some thugs were seen harassing voters at polling units in Ijebu Igbo town.
SaharaReporters also learnt that some of the voters and residents of the town were injured by the political thugs.