Violence erupts in Ekiti as APC, ADC members fight over alleged vote buying

A slight drama has been seen at polling unit four, ward two, Ilawe Ekiti, as the APC and ADC supporters clashed due to allegations of vote buying during the governorship elections currently being carried out.

The ADC’s candidate for governorship, Mr. Dare Bejide, who himself voted at the polling unit, said that some politicians had come to the place with some undisclosed amount of money meant for distribution to the people, but they were thwarted from doing so.

Bejide added that an APC chief came close to the polling unit on his Toyota Jeep with some large amount of money meant for distribution.

He said that due to this allegation, a fight broke out between the supporters of both parties.

It is noticed that one of the ADC’s supporters had a cut in the head during the fight and was immediately taken to the hospital for treatment.

Bejide said: “Now you have the sound, the audio, one of them brought money here, they brought it in a sack but we intercepted her, she called the council chairman, and the council chairman came here also. And in a bid to defend themselves, they kept on saying that some ADC members were also distributing money. But they couldn’t mention anybody. But we know where the money was kept. And in a bid to retrieve the money, she called the council chairman, and that caused a lot of commotion here.

“You can see one of my aides was beaten by the security men they brought. The boy had been rushed to the hospital now.”

He, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the exercise.

“The electoral personnel have been very diligent, and everything is going on very well. You realise that when you came here a few minutes ago, there was pandemonium here, but the moment they saw you with your camera, they ran away,” he said.