Reacting to the development, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the attack was caused by one of the registrants, adding that normalcy had been restored.
The state Public Affairs Officer, Independent National Electoral Commission, Adenike Oriowo, said, “Ojo Local Government has five machine; we are on a rotational plan around the wards. So, for every ward, you just have a single machine and in a bid to get it closer to the people, people are expected to go to that place to register.’’
Meanwhile, hundreds of youths besieged the Tafawa Balewa Square in the Lagos Island area of the state to register for the PVCs on Thursday. During the exercise, our correspondent observed security agents including the army, police and private security personnel arranging the youths in batches to control the crowd.
A registrant, who gave his name only as Stanley, said most of the registrants were youths who were determined to partake in the forthcoming election, adding that some of the registrants spent hours before completing their registration.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
The kind of headline I like to read.