Old-Ojo: Thugs disperse electorate with broken Bottles, over 500 disenfranchised

It took four pick-ups loaded with military officers to quell the violence that erupted at three polling units at Mazamaza, where area boys dispersed the electorate with pieces of broken bottles and sachet waters despite the Police’s presence.

Chief Ejiofor Kingsley, in his 80s, was seen lamenting and fuming for being attacked with sachet water. “I have been here since 8 am and we have been waiting for these people to come. Now that they have come, instead of apologising to us for their lateness, they are ordering us out of the polling unit.”
  
For Josephine Ademola, “I have been here since 7:30 am to vote, but the INEC just arrived now (12:56 PM). The next thing is for agberos to chase us out of the school complex.”
  
An INEC official, who simply gave her name as Gbemisola, blamed their late arrival on transport logistics.
  
Comparably, the process was peaceful in Festac and other areas within Amuwo Odofin Local Council, though the process started a little behind schedule in a few polling units.