The primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the House of Representatives in Alimosho area of Lagos, on Friday, May 27, 2022, reportedly turned bloody following the alleged killings of two party faithfuls.
The incident reportedly occurred at about 3 pm at the Secretariat of Ikotun/igando Local Council Development Area, where the primary elections were held.
Eye witnesses’ accounts said there were two factions of the party for the two aspirants for the Federal House of Representatives seat in the Alimosho Constituency.
They 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 the ground.
An eye witness, Tunde Adamson said the election started smoothly until some armed thugs arrived the venue, disrupted the process, and thereafter declared their candidate as the winner of the election.
“This resulted in crises as dangerous weapons were freely used despite the presence of security operatives,” he said.
It was learnt that one of the factions gained upper hand and stabbed two of its opponents simply identified as Zuri Boxer and Ogunlaye to death on the spot.
Ogunlaye was said to be the Zonal Chairman, the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, in Alimosho.
Vanguard gathered that he engaged in fracas simultaneously with two of his opponents but he attempted to escape by jumping the wall of the Secretariat on noticing danger, unfortunately, he got stabbed to death.
Similarly, the second victim was also stabbed to. death.
At press time, there was apprehension in Ikotun, Igando, Egbeda and their environ over possible reprisal attacks in the area.
Source: Vanguard
