POLLS: I didn’t snatch ballot boxes in Oba-Akoko, says Ex-Ondo Speaker vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
AKURE- A former Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rt. Hon Victor Adekanye Olabimtan has described a report published in a news medium, linking him with the electoral crises that engulfed Oba-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state during the March 23He said it is a calculated attempt from some fifth columnists to tarnish his hard-earned name and integrity for political exigency.
Ballot boxes for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections arrenged Ward A’ Kofar Baru 003 Sakin Yara Polling Unit during the 2019 National Assembly and Presidential Elections “I was in my house in Supare Akoko relaxing after voting in my unit on the 9th of March, 2019. Sometime between 1 and 2pm, I got a call from one Dapo Faseesin that there was crisis in Ose, a suburb of Oba. That election has been concluded in Ose but that INEC officials, himself and ballot boxes are in danger.“He said he has tried the Governor’s phone number but could not get through, that I should help him raise alarm so that security can be provided for them in Ose.
Continuing, he said: “My journey to Akure was hitch free until I arrived Oba Akoko. We ran into several road blocks. I was harassed and attacked because according to them I was going to Ose to assist Faseesin and INEC officials to bring the ballot boxes to collation centre. I made spirited effort to explain to them that I was only going back to Akure. In response, they shot and attacked my vehicle with anything they could lay their hands on.
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