ONE INJURED AS APC, ADC SUPPORTERS CLASH IN EKITI OVER ALLEGED VOTE BUYING
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A big argument happened at Unit 4, Ward 2 in Ilawe Ekiti during the governorship election.Supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the African Democratic Congress had a loud disagreement over claims that people were trying to buy votes.
Mr Dare Bejide, the ADC candidate, who voted at the unit, said some politicians brought a lot of money that wasn’t announced, intending to give it out at the polling place, but they were stopped.
He also said a leader from the APC came into the area in a Toyota Jeep, not far from the polling unit, with a large amount of money and was ready to distribute it.
This caused a strong argument and a fight.
During the conflict, one of the ADC supporters got hurt on the head and was taken to the hospital right away for treatment.
Bejide said: “Now you have the sound, the audio, one of them brought money here, they brought it in a sack but we intercepted her, she called the council chairman, and the council chairman came here also. And in a bid to defend themselves, they kept on saying that some ADC members were also distributing money. But they couldn’t mention anybody. But we know where the money was kept. And in a bid to retrieve the money, she called the council chairman, and that caused a lot of commotion here.
“You can see one of my aides was beaten by the security men they brought. The boy had been rushed to the hospital now.”
He, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the exercise. “The electoral personnel have been very diligent, and everything is going on very well. You realise that when you came here a few minutes ago, there was pandemonium here, but the moment they saw you with your camera, they ran away,” he said.
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