Pandemonium broke out is Sagamu,Saturday, when
some unknown gunmen stormed some polling units
and snatched some ballot boxes.
The action, Sunday Vanguard gathered disrupted the
election process for a while before some soldiers
intercepted the gang and retrieved the stolen ballot
boxes from them.
It was gathered that, the intervention of the soldiers
saved snatching of ballot boxes in Sagamu local
government area, as voting was still on-going as at
9.00pm when the incident occurred.
A source told our correspondent that, the incident
happened at Itunsokun Ward in the council area and
had caused delay in voting proceeding for several
hours.
The Chairman of the council area, Funmilayo Ewuape
who spoke with newsmen on phone described the
development as shocking, saying “the daring gang
stormed the complex and started shooting
sporadically. They succeed in carting the boxes.
“But, when I got the information, I immediately
contacted the Soldiers to go after the gang and got
them. They retrieved the boxes, and we have started
voting now at Itunsokun (9.05pm).
She was silent over whether the soldiers made any
arrest or not.
Further findings have shown that, the gang making
sighted men of Nigerian Army took to their heels and
abandoned the boxes.
source: Vanguard
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