No fewer than seven people were injured on Sunday during a ward meeting held by the members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lafiagi, Edu local government area of Kwara State.
SaharaReporters learned that the APC members gathered at the Lafiagi Ward 1 Chairman’s house, Emi Kuchita Lafiagi on Sunday to deliberate on issues affecting the party ahead of the council elections slated for September.
A resident of the community who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that the event took a confrontational turn when Yunusa’s supporters began chanting “Ole” (meaning thief) at certain stakeholders, including former Transitional Implementation Committee Chairman Nma Hussain, Alhaji Mohammed Gborigi, Tauheed Bello ‘Car Wash’ (Teaching Service Commission chairman), and Alhaji Nda Tswako from Bindofu Lafiagi.
The situation developed into physical altercations, resulting in injuries to at least seven individuals, who are currently receiving treatment at Lafiagi General Hospital.
The Ward Youths and Edu LGA have publicly declared their opposition to Adam Abdullahi Abiodun and expressed their support for Yunusa Isa (Redman).
This incident occured shortly after a recent event where a group of constituents from the community demonstrated their disapproval and booed their State House of Assembly Representative, Hon. Ahmed Saba, as reported by SaharaReporters.
An eyewitness who spoke to SaharaReporters said the people were enraged because the lawmaker allegedly wanted to impose Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq’s preferred candidate on them, so they vehemently rejected it.
“The Honourable Member representing Edu/Patigi/Moro Federal constituency Hon. Ahmed Saba (Ajia Shonga) was disgraced in his ward, Edu Local Government as the APC primary was going on because they were trying to impose their candidate on the people,” the eyewitness told SaharaReporters.
The candidate reportedly preferred by the governor is Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Ndamugoro but SaharaReporters learnt that the people of the constituency rejected him because they believed the candidate would also fail them like his godfather.
The video of the incident which surfaced online shows constituents from Shonga, the hometown of Hon. Ahmed Saba, shouting ‘Ole’ (thief) as they forcibly escorted him out of the area, expressing their discontent and displeasure with his representation.
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