Violence erupted midway into the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to elect chairmanship candidates for the July 22 council polls in Lagos State on Saturday, ending the event abruptly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some aggrieved party supporters engaged one another in a free-for-all midway into the election, smashing ballot boxes over allegations of an imposition of candidates at the election.
Violence erupted midway into the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to elect chairmanship candidates for the July 22 council polls in Lagos State on Saturday, ending the event abruptly.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some aggrieved party supporters engaged one another in a free-for-all midway into the election, smashing ballot boxes over allegations of an imposition of candidates at the election.
Scores of delegates and others present at the Teslim Balogun Stadium venue fled in different directions as a result of the fracas, even as some were injured.
The chairman of the Elections Committee, Tokunbo Afikuyomi, a former senator, was also attacked, and partially stripped by angry supporters who accused him of impartiality as he scampered to safety.
Security officials later forced him out of the grip of the angry youth and whisked him away.
NAN reports trouble started when some party members in Surulere and Lagos Mainland openly protested against the names of candidates being read out by Mr. Afikuyomi for endorsement as consensus candidates.
They alleged that the party leadership was foisting candidates on them and said the decision of the leadership to approve consensus candidates in 18 councils was wrong.
The aggrieved members initially vented their anger through protests, but it later degenerated into the fracas between supporters of selected candidates and those who opposed them.
A party faithful, Wale Tokunbo, had told NAN shortly before the violence broke out that the substitution of Tajudeen Ajide for the Surulere Local Government Area Chairmanship for another candidate was unjust.
“The removal of Ajide’s name for the name of somebody we don’t know is not acceptable to us.
“If we talk about democracy, we should be able to practice it. This primary is a sham; we would resist it,” he said.
Another party faithful in Mainland Local Government who pleaded anonymity had told NAN that party members were surprised at the mention of Yaba Local Government as one of the areas with a consensus candidate at the primary.
He said there were aspirants contesting for the post in the area and that nobody knew of the consensus candidate until they got to the venue.
“What consensus candidates are they talking about? We are just knowing that Yaba is one of them now. This is wrong,” he said.
Earlier in his speech, the Chairman of the party, Henry Ajomale, had urged the delegates and other supporters not to be violent.
“I welcome you all to this election and I urge you all conduct yourselves in a peaceful manner.
“We have the information that some people are here to cause trouble. We shouldn’t allow them because they are saboteurs, “he said.
NAN reports that the names of Toba Oke (Ifako Ijaiye) and Kamal Bashua (Lagos Island East) were among the few candidates out of the 57 endorsed at the primary before violence broke out. (NAN)

dangotesmummy:
is typo error to hard for you to identity?

Continue mocking ESE.you know it all na.continue

dangotesmummy:
is typo error to hard for you to identity?

Continue mocking ESE.you know it all na.continue

dangotesmummy:
Bachelor's of science- B.sc
Master's of science-M.sc
Doctor of philosophy-PhD


Even the ones criticizing and mocking her aren't any better like they know


Even market woman who doesn't know the name of her local government chairman or the responsibilities of her local government to their community will be judging and mocking. Shioorrr
Bad wagon mentality

Everyone wants to feel or pretend to be better and more knowledgeable than the other

Bad wagon mentality

Tobitrueman:
...

Funjosh:
Their should be a competition tagged "world leaders game" where all the world president and their vice are to compete, then you will all see that what Putin is doing is just child play.






NONE OF THEM CAN WITHSTAND NIGERIA PRESIDENT

Jacksparr0w127:
ha! Alaga! No be so ooooo. Em em em em, it's just me recognising a loyal fan of your MIGHTY club. Lol

How does it feel to be in 5th after months of sitting in 6th?

BiafranBushBoy:
That wasn't a fight... he still had to smile...

If it were Tyson and Lennon Lewix, nobody had time for selfies after the match!!

Or Evander Hollyfield vs Tyosn...

It was like a real warfare!! ...

After the match everyone went straight to their various doctor!!

GloriaNinja:
KEMEN AND BISOLA GOT THE SAME BIG LIPS. THATS WHY WHEN THEY KISS, EARTHQUAKE HAPPENS.

sanbells:
TRAP QUEEN___FETTY WAP
BRANDY___LONG DISTANCE
ZARA LARSSON, MNEK___NEVER FORGET YOU
NONSO AMADI___TONIGHT (IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THIS SONG PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN)

vedaxcool:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack

The op is a known pathological liar that relies on racist whits supremacists website for his enlightenment.
EOD

davidif:

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time - Anonymous

Actually, Abraham Lincoln made that quote

Moneytize:
Hahaha, o boy this your testicles analogy no be here o.

saccie1162:
it is an anomaly.. check well.. hw will breast be of different sizes.. there must be a reason for dat.. Anatomy student

mikkypel:


Is it by force one flies plane

chidika:


Stop being ignorant, how many times have you flown them...They currently have one of the best in-flight services in the country

oluwaahmed:


Ok u dat giv a fucvkk abt me callin him an AFONJA like u, does it pay ur bills? U be in gate man. Abeg swerve comot 4 my lane cone head

oluwaahmed:


Guess what

oluwaahmed:


Na bonafied afonja nau

SuperS1Panther:
Good news for patriots praying for Nigeria and bad news for wailers, iPods and children of hatred.

Let the growth begin now after the recovery.

This is a miracle, coming earlier than expected.

God is indeed a Nigerian.


Just watch the children of hatred and doom disputing the report just because it is contrary to their warped prophesy of doom.

The world Bank economist led us into recession while the so-called polytechnic graduate pulled us out of it.

I doff my hat for Kemmy.

winetapper:
so how does Angel di maria and angel of death relate

ikp120:


Not true at all. Even Trump was recently talking of US building its stock of nuclear weapons which raised eyebrows in the US

ikp120:

If you want to see real nuclear weapons, please try Middle East, North Korea and Russia them. I hope you know that UN has a policy against all those stuff (stocking up nuclear and chemical weapons) ?

owobokiri:


The Patriot missiles? Not up to scratch.. The Russians even have the best MDS in the whole world at the moment and they seldom raise any dust about that..