Many voters got stranded on Saturday as armed soldiers enforced a restriction order in Osogbo, Osun State, preventing them from moving to their polling units.
One of the voters, Mr Tajudeen Olajide, while speaking with our correspondent, said he was living in Ede, and wanted to move to Osogbo to vote, when the soldiers stopped his vehicle.
He said, “I am living in Owode Area and I wanted to move to Osogbo to vote. I wanted to move very early in the morning and despite that, soldiers stopped me there. I have been here since 5 am and yet they won’t allow me to move with my vehicle. “I was given the option of moving without my vehicle but my polling unit is not nearby. I can’t trek down. Help us plead with them.”
Top security personnel, who were also on election duty in the state, said the soldiers had been properly briefed about their duty, adding that restriction of movement was in order to prevent hoodlums from disrupting the poll.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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