Edo Decides: Obaseki’s thugs chase other party agents from polling unit

Thugs loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party are currently chasing away agents of other political parties from the polling unit where he is to vote.

The governor, who is on the queue, watched on as the thugs carried out the act.

He arrived his polling unit at exactly 10: 24am accompanied by aides.

However,one person has been reportedly shot at Ologbo in Ikpoba Okah LGA, Edo State.

Contacted on the alleged shooting at Ologbo Dukedoom, the Enogie, HRH Jason Owen Akenzua, said he heard gunshots and when he contacted the DPO, he was told that it was police that fired shots when the place was rowdy.

“I heard gunshots and called the DPO Ologbo. He told it was police that fired warning shots to disperse the crowd when the place became rowdy. The area is calm and peaceful now.”

Moreover, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has just cast his vote.

He voted at exactly 9:30am at polling unit 26, ward 5 in Iguododo community, Orionhwon Local Government Area.

He expressed the confidence that he would win the poll if the peaceful situation at his unit was the same everywhere.

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