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Nigeria election 2023: Political thugs disrupt voting exercise in Lagos

Some persons suspected to be political thugs have reportedly disrupted the voting exercise at a polling unit in 254 Borno Way, Ebute-Metta area of Lagos State.

According to a source, bottles were broken by the thugs to scare people away, disrupting the exercise

Sources confirmed that the military and police together with more senior INEC officials have shown up in the area.

Voting was said to have been cancelled by the INEC officials, citing the Electoral Act.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has explained that the G-5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn from talking regularly in public to embark on strategic actions in silence in order to achieve set goals…

Governors and ministers from the South-West of Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, and Ekiti, including the immediate past governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Oyetola, will grace the rescheduled presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress…

Source: tribuneonline

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