Mimiko plans to disrupt guber elections in South West – APC

In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party alleged that Mimiko had already met with thugs, who have been trained specifically for the purpose of disrupting the elections, at Oshodi-Isolo in Akure and Iro in Akure South Local Government Areas with financial inducements.“The strategy is to […]

In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party alleged that Mimiko had already met with thugs, who have been trained specifically for the purpose of disrupting the elections, at Oshodi-Isolo in Akure and Iro in Akure South Local Government Areas with financial inducements.
“The strategy is to deploy these thugs to various parts of the South-West with the express instruction to violently disrupt elections through sporadic shooting and stealing of ballot boxes. This is the governor’s answer to the massive shellacking he received from the electorate in the region in general and in Ondo State in particular during the March 28 presidential elections.
“The fear of the thugs has already sent many APC leaders, who have been targeted for attack, scampering for safety. While some have gone underground, others have relocated either from Ondo State or from the region entirely. There is also the report circulating in Ondo State in particular that the governor has deployed thugs to every polling unit to cut off the hands of anyone who is suspected to have voted for the APC during the elections,” the party said.
It said the thugs have already started unleashing violence, killing one person at a rally in  Igbara-Oke in Ifedore local government area of the state on Wednesday.
It called on all APC members and supporters to be vigilant and to make sure they document all cases of brigandage and rigging across the region, while also alerting local and international observers to pay a close attention to the conduct of the elections in the region, as well as in other flash points like Rivers State on Saturday.