No less than two persons have reportedly lost their lives in the Primary elections of the All Progressives Congress APC, for the House of Representatives in the Alimosho area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, on Friday.
Gatekeepers News reports that the incident happened at the Secretariat of Ikotun/igando Local Council Development Area, where the primary elections were held.
According to reports, the two factions of the party for the two aspirants for the Federal House of Representatives seat in Alimosho Constituency clashed and this led to the death of two who were simply identified as Zuri Boxer and Ogunlaye who died on the spot.
The two aspirants in the election were Prince Idris Balogun popularly known as Oluomo’ and Ganiyu Ayuba.
Oluomo’ was said to have emerged from Orelope faction while Ayuba was from Enilolobo with both having their loyalists on ground.
An eye witness, Tunde Adamson said the election started smoothly until some armed thugs arrived at the venue, disrupted the process, and thereafter declared their candidate as the winner of the election.
“This resulted into crises as dangerous weapons were freely used despite the presence of security operatives,” Adamson said.
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