20th April 2024
Violence broke out between the opposing supporters of two All Progressives Congress candidates vying to be the party’s nominee for the Ondo State gubernatorial election on November 16 at Stella Maris College in Okitipupa’s Ward 1.
When violence broke out between the opposing factions, accredited party members—who had attended in great numbers to take part in the candidate selection process—left the scene.₦According to the News Agency of Nigeria, violence broke out as voters scrambled for safety before the accreditation and election procedures had even started. One of the accredited voters, who wished to remain anonymous, informed NAN that one of the candidate’s representatives had entered the ward, taken the accreditation and validation documents, and fled.
After coming here, one of the agents stole the accreditation and validation documents and drove off in his car. They pursued him but were unable to apprehend him. The violence was prompted by this, he said. Everyone left the area after the ward’s security guards were unable to stop the violence. Adetutu Sobowale Adetutu has published articles about gender, health, education, the metro area, and fact-checking for three years.