Ogun APC protesters and security operatives are reportedly trading words
at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Punch Metro reports that there was tension on Thursday at the
Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission as
protesters from Yewa Senatorial District in Ogun State exchanged words
with security operatives.
The protesters numbering over 200 under the aegis of Masses Against
Electoral Fraud, are all members of the All Progressives Congress and
Yewa Collective Action Movement.
They were protesting against the alleged irregularities which
produced Dapo Abiodun as the governorship candidate of APC in Ogun
State.
As early as 8:30am, the protesters bearing anti-APC placards,
including “INEC must disqualify Dapo Abiodun” and “Security agencies
should investigate Dapo Abiodun”, marched towards INEC office.
But they were barred from getting close to the electoral commission
headquarters by a combined team of security agencies, who insisted that
the protesters cannot block the road.
While the security agencies were asking them to move or regret
their actions, the protesters said they were on a legitimate mission.
The protesters insisted on going into the INEC office, even as the
police and officers of the Department of State Services threatened to
shoot at them if they do not go back.
The protesters went ahead with the protest and thereafter proceeded to APC national secretariat.
The spokesperson of the protesters and chieftain of APC in Ogun state, Ishola Adeshina, told The PUNCH that “the emergence of Dapo Abiodun is a fraud.”
He called on the chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu and the
relevant organs of the commission not to recognise Dapo Abiodun until
all cases were settled.
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Source:- Punchng
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