Lagos: Ajegunle Residents Retrieve, Sun Dries Ballot Papers Hoodlums Dump Inside Drainage
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The voting materials that were thrown inside the drainage in Ajeromi Ifelodun area of Lagos State have been retrieved and are now being sun dried.
The incident which was reported by Channels TV on Saturday afternoon has been generating mixed reactions from Lagosians.
According to the video which was posted on twitter, some yet to be identified hoodlums invaded the polling untis in the area, seized the elections materials and threw them inside the drainage.
The purpose according to eyewitness was to prevent people’s vote from being counted while those who are yet to vote to be disenfranchised.
However, people in the area appear to be resolute by not only voting but to ensure their votes count.
Immediately after the hoodlums completed their assignment and left, the voters entered the drainage and began to retrieve the soaked ballot papers from the drainage.
They later spread them on the floor to be sun-dried. The ballots papers according to the video have been thumb-printed by eligible voters.
This appears to be primary reason they decided to sundry them so as for their votes to count.
Short URL: https://newsrangers.com/?p=103960
Posted by News Rangers
on Mar 19 2023. Filed under National.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
