He said, 'INEC has been colluding with the ruling party in Lagos state and it is really disgraceful. The moment transmission of results did not happen from polling units, these election have been compromised.'
“There have been a lot of threats to our members at the polling units, collation centres. Even the Eti-Osa Chairman is in hiding now because of the threat. In Ojo, they came in with thugs to chase our people out of the collation centre. People have been taken to custody. Some people in Eti-Osa yesterday, in front of Elegusi’s palace.
“They wanted to carry on with the manipulation to reduce our numbers. That was the end game that they had. Thankfully, the army was able to respond and came in there for our people to go back in. The army stepped in and in Alimosho as well.” He said the threats were all across Lagos State but supporters of the party and good governance were resolute.He further described the level of security put in place by the Nigeria Police Force as unprofessional.
“A lot of situations, the police would just leave and ‘area boys’ would just come and scatter the place.Kindly share this story: 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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