Oshiomhole Laments Electoral Violence In APC Strongholds

Former governor of Edo State and now senator-elect, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party led administration in the state of compromising security agencies whom he alleged gave cover to suspected thugs to disrupt elections in areas the All Progress Congress (APC) was winning.
Oshiomhole said in a short video circulated in Benin city: “Our election can be better because of what is happening in many places
“In Sobe (Owan West Local Government Area) the security people were supervising the destruction of polling unit materials. While security were present, some thugs came and had a free hand destroying election materials.
“I called the police and the commissioner of Police said they are not to look beyond certain areas, how can you monitor a place if you are not to prevent criminality? They are using vigilante groups to shoot, which is not right. Nigerians are peaceful but you have politicians who are desperate.
“Because Obaseki and Phllip lost their units in the last election, this time they are determined that wherever they are not winning, they will disrupt the election. In Sobe, out of 17 units, they destroyed election materials in 10 units and these are the units where we have huge votes in our favour.
“They are going round intimidating people in Jattu because he is not winning there. They say if you are not going to vote for the PDP, they take you out. There are instances where people voted for the APC, the presiding officer allegedly thumb printed double to void the vote and police were watching while this was going on.
“At the IDP camp in Benin City, I was told that this morning at about 9 am, they were voting and about seven people have already voted but because they know that those people will vote for us, they went there with the presence of security and destroyed the ballot papers and took away the BIVAS machines. In Ovia there were many of such cases, where they are not winning, they destroy and yet you have police watching.” he lamented.