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JUST IN: Panic In Ile-Ife As Modakeke Boys Threaten Mayhem In Osun Guber Poll
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Panic In Ile-Ife As Modakeke Boys Threaten Mayhem In Osun Guber Poll.
- The Modakeke boys are alleging that INEC trespassed by creating new polling units for Ile-Ife on their land…
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that there is panic and palpable tension in Ile-Ife as boys from Modakeke, a neighbouring town, are threatening to unleash mayhem in the ongoing Osun governorship election in the ancient town.
The Modakeke boys are alleging that INEC trespassed by creating new polling units for Ile-Ife on their land. Ife and Modakeke have endured years of bitter inter-communal wars of boundary claims.
The security threat has forced the intervention of men of the State Security Service (SSS) who have now stationed themselves along the major streets under the Akarabata ward to ward off the agitating boys.
Peoples Gazette reported that one DSS official who spoke with newsmen while addressing voters in the Lagere area in Ife said, “We have a slight issue this morning, some boys from Modakeke were threatening the voters, so we have to relocate them.
“Unit 3, Ward 10, Akarabata in Ife Central was directly affected, although, this is a new PU, so we have to redirect the voters back to their old PU to prevent violence”, the DSS officer said.
Affected Polling Units are PU 3 and PU 5. Voters from these two PUs have been redirected to PU 7 in front of Oranmiyan Shopping Plaza.
Meanwhile, at the time of filing this report, voting had not started at Polling Unit 3 due to the problem.
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However, voting is ongoing at PU5.
Voters in the Akarabata ward were having difficulties locating their polling units as a result of the relocation of polling units.
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