Edo Governorship Election: Political Thugs Attack Voters At Polling Unit, Video Emerges

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  • Political thugs attacked voters during the Saturday, September 21 governorship election in Edo state
  • The hoodlums stormed the polling unit at Edokpolo Grammar School, Ward 7 in Benin City, the state capital
  • The video of the attack which went viral on social media showed the voters chasing and beating the thugs

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Benin City, Edo state - Political thugs got the beating of their lives at Edokpolo Grammar School, Ward 7 in Benin City at the ongoing Edo governorship election.

Legit.ng reports that the governorship election is taking place across the 18 local government areas of the state on Saturday, September 21.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Asue Ighodalo, Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Barrister Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party are the major contenders battling to replace Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The attack took place at Edokpolo Grammar School Photo credit: Asue Ighodalo/Journalist KC/Olumide AkpataSource: Facebook

Violence broke out at the polling unit after the political thugs attacked the polling unit but were resisted by the voters present at the venue.

In the viral video shared on social media by @AIT_Online, the voters chased after the thugs beating them.

The policeman cited in the video could not do much as the crowd of people overpowered him.

Legit.ng recalls that the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata, said he and his team are getting some concerning feedback from across the state.

Akpata said the Labour Party will continue to observe the process before making any official statement.

Watch the video below:

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that as the Edo state governorship election continues, PDP's Ighodalo has said that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no excuse for delivering a free, fair poll considering it is an off-cycle exercise.

Although voting started late in Ighodalo's polling unit, he eventually voted alongside his wife, Ifeyiwan.

Legit.ng reports that Ighodalo lamented that the election update he is getting from Edo state makes him uncomfortable

Source: Legit.ng