Two Killed, Several Injured As APC Primaries Turn Bloody
The primary elections of the All Progressives Congress APC, for the House of Representatives in the Alimosho area of Lagos, on Friday, reportedly turned bloody following the alleged killings of the two-party faithful.
The incident reportedly occurred at about 3 pm at the Secretariat of Igando/Ikotun Local Council Development Area, where the primary elections were held.
An eyewitness stated that the election started smoothly until some armed thugs arrived at the venue, disrupted the process, and thereafter declared their candidate as the winner of the election.
“This resulted in crises as dangerous weapons were freely used despite the presence of security operatives,” he said.
It was gathered that one of the factions gained upper hand and stabbed two of its opponents simply identified as Zuri Boxer and Ogunlaye to death on the spot.
Ogunlaye was said to be the Zonal Chairman, of the National Union of Road Transport Workers NURTW, in Alimosho.
It was gathered that he engaged in fracas simultaneously with two of his opponents but he attempted to escape by jumping the wall of the Secretariat after noticing danger, unfortunately, he got stabbed to death.
Similarly, the second victim was also stabbed to death.
There is apprehension in Ikotun, Igando, Egbeda, and their environment over possible reprisal attacks in the area.
