Soldiers Abducted And Tortured AAC Members Over Local Government Election In Ondo

The Ondo State chapter of the African Action Congress has revealed how members of the party were abducted by officers of the Nigerian Army during the August 22 local government election in the state.

AAC in a statement on Thursday said the six members, who were abducted in Ajagba, Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, were physically and emotionally tortured and detained for four days by soldiers attached to the 33 Brigade Artillery, Akure.

The statement reads, “The public will recall that the Ondo State Chapter of African Action Congress raised the alarm on the 22nd of August, 2020 of the abduction of some of our members in Ajagba, Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, by security operatives during the Ondo State Council Election.

“After unsuccessfully searching for them at police stations within their jurisdiction, we proceeded to checking army barracks in Okitipupa, and later the army barracks in Akure for them. At some point, we assumed the abductors were militants, as there was no traces of them security in facilities.