Thugs Set Ballot Box On Fire in Lagos
Scores of armed thugs besieged some polling units in the Oshodi and Itire areas of Lagos, setting some ballot papers and boxes on fire.
The thugs who were all dressed in black and masked, arrived the area around 11.30 am on Saturday. Some voters, who could not run away when the thugs arrived were injured.
Sources said the armed thugs, later went round the area, minutes after some security personnel on election duty left their duty post.
According to Tajudeen Haruna, minutes later, the thugs opened fire and scared voters away.
“It was later that the thugs set the ballot box and some materials on fire,” he said.
Similarly, some thugs stormed Itire area, around 12pm, scaring away voters from the different polling units in the area.
