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Ekiti 2026: One injured as APC, ADC supporters clash over alleged vote buying
A mild drama unfolded at Unit 4, Ward 2 in Ilawe Ekiti during the ongoing governorship election as supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) engaged in a heated argument over alleged vote buying.
The ADC governorship candidate, Mr. Dare Bejide, who voted at the polling unit, claimed that some politicians brought an undisclosed amount of money to the area for distribution to voters but were stopped.
Bejide further alleged that an APC chieftain arrived near the polling unit in a Toyota Jeep carrying a large sum of money intended for distribution.
According to him, the incident triggered a confrontation that later escalated into a fight among party supporters.
It was observed that one of the ADC supporters sustained an injury to the head during the fracas and was quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Bejide said: “Now you have the sound, the audio, one of them brought money here, they brought it in a sack but we intercepted her, she called the council chairman, and the council chairman came here also. And in a bid to defend themselves, they kept on saying that some ADC members were also distributing money. But they couldn’t mention anybody. But we know where the money was kept. And in a bid to retrieve the money, she called the council chairman, and that caused a lot of commotion here.
“You can see one of my aides was beaten by the security men they brought. The boy had been rushed to the hospital now.”
He, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the exercise.
“The electoral personnel have been very diligent, and everything is going on very well. You realise that when you came here a few minutes ago, there was pandemonium here, but the moment they saw you with your camera, they ran away,” he said
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