By Michael Adesanya/Abeokuta
There was a sporadic shootings in Iperu Remo town of Ikenne Local Government on Saturday, when hoodlums suspected to be political thugs snatched away two ballot boxes at Polling Unit 05, Ward 03 in Ayegbami area of the town.
The hoodlums, whose number could not be ascertained, invaded the polling unit on motorcycles and started shooting into the air with the aim of chasing away voters, before escaping from the area with one of the ballot boxes.
They however, succeeded at escaping with one of the ballot boxes, before security operatives, particularly the policemen on election duty at the nearby road intersection could respond to the scene where the Assistant Polling Officer (APO) for the unit, Alalade Babatunde had been beaten up.
The development however, resulted in chaos, forcing many electorates to scamper for safety to avoid being hit by strayed bullets.
Speaking to Cityvoice, one of the voters, who simply identified himself as Ade, accused members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the town of being the brain behind the incident.
