By Ishaya Ibrahim
A video showing Lagos voters in their numbers attacking a man who allegedly came to disrupt voting in their community has gone viral on social media.
The voters armed with clubs and alsatian dogs swung on the alleged thugs and clubbed one of them. The man lay lifeless on the floor. It is not clear if he died, but it could be heard in the background the voters chanting ‘one down.’
The election in Lagos has been marred by wide vote disruption by thugs and threats of violence against persons who voted against the All Progressives Congress (APC).
TheNiche had earlier reported that thugs allegedly hired by the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked and chased away non-Yoruba-speaking voters in Oshodi-Isolo, Lagos because they would not cast their ballots for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who is seeking re-election.
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Thugs chase away non-Yoruba voters in Oshodi, Lagos
In the run-up to voting today, hoodlums had been around locations in warning those who would not vote for Sanwo-Olu not to show up at polling units.
The attackers, wielding iron rods and sticks, invaded polling units across wards on Ajao Estate in Oshodi-Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) where voters waited for the arrival of electoral officials still being expected by 8.53 am.
