The governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state has been marred by violence.
The exercise, which started hours behind schedule, had been going on smoothly until some agents protested that there were plots to manipulate the exercise.

Security personnel struggled with one of the persons carrying a ballot box and in the process the box fell while its content spilled to the ground.

Some aggrieved persons smashed boxes on the ground while policemen and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) managed to secure some boxes.

Some agents got into an argument and in the process, some unknown persons carried ballot boxes. One of the aspirants was alleged to have conspired with the DSS to manipulate the exercise.

Tanko Al-Makura, chairman of the committee organising the election, is currently in a meeting with some stakeholders. None of the aspirants was on seat as of the time this report was filed.

An aspirant was accused of conspiring with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to ensure that the outcome favours him.

Hours before the exercise commenced, there were reports that party officials were routing for some candidates but Jide Awe, state chairman of the party, dismissed the allegation.

"That allegation is baseless. There is no preferred candidate. People will have their own opinion but I have been the chairman of this party for the past 12 years. I know each and every one of the aspirants. Among those contesting are my exco members. We are not enemies, we are friends. As far as we are concerned, the 33 people are for us and when one of them emerges today after this process, he becomes the candidate of our party," he told TheCable.

Asked if he was satisfied with the arrangement in place, Awe said: "Very well. We have just started and the situation is ok. My expectation is that the best candidate will emerge and that will be the best aspirant, that will be the candidate of our party. And I equally expect hitch-free primary today."

Unfortunately, the exercise did not go hitch-free


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I know tell you say ondo formula go show in ekiti

This is just the begining, more crises ahead

After the heavy rain destroyed their canopies it would have been fittin' if lightnin' had struck some of them as follow up.

let the brouhaha continue
e ti ri nnkan kan (una never see something)

This is good news

APC is certainly of the devil , no upright thing is ever associated with them

What is their problems,common primary election they cannot conduct peacefully?

APC demonic party

Nest of killers.


They export violence and bloodshed everywhere they go.

Security operatives and officials guarding ballot boxes

APC is fraud

Just imagine! No wonder Nigeria is in anarchy with this satanic people called APC.So this is a tip of how 2019 gonna look like .Nigeria pls brace up for the unknown.

This zombie president and his minions sha.

pop corn pls

This is very hilarious, people killing themselves over primaries that the eventual candidate can not win.

By the way, who votes during the primaries.

Na only balotbox miss? Y dem no swallow de candidate too

this movie is very interesting

Whr madridguy, buhariguy n deji17

Devil party.

Wherever Buhari is , blood flows ...

ok

It baffles me why we can't have peaceful elections in this part of the world. SUG elections you hear of violence, local government elections, violence, governorship elections :violence.,presidential election :violence, motor park election violence,church elections :violence, nff elections :violence.
what a violent country!

APC is equal to failure. The party is evil . common primary ,they failed woefully. Any person still supporting this evil party should have his head check.

Hmmm. This party is too devilish

Vampire party.....A 1 in blood affairs

A party of thugs

I carry seat siddon dey lool

I carry seat siddon dey look.