Recall that Oyo State is holding its local government elections across the state, an exercise which has been widely fraught with irregularities.
The Oyo State chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) Kayode Babayomi is currently being detained by the state Commissioner of Police after he was arrested while monitoring the ongoing council elections in the state.
Recall that Oyo State is holding its local government elections across the state, an exercise which has been widely fraught with irregularities.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported how AAC chairman was reported by the operatives of Nigerian Police Force on Saturday morning.
"The AAC Oyo state chair, Babayomi, has been arrested and detained at the Sanyo police station while on election duty," SaharaReporters was told.
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"He was arrested at Ward one, Unit 15, J Nissi area."
"This is particularly planned because at the same polling unit, the Oyo State electoral commission deliberately brought wrong ballot papers, despite coming late."
SaharaReporters gathered that the party’s chairman was taken directly to the Commissioner of Police’s office in the state and he is presently being detained there without being told in clear terms his offence.
SaharaReporters had also learnt that despite the scheduled commencement time of 8am, many polling units across the state have yet to receive the necessary electoral materials.
Visits to the 10 polling units in Ward 7 of Ibadan North Local Government confirmed the absence of electoral officers.
Additionally, as at the time of filing this report, only two police officers were present at Polling Unit 7, raising concerns about security and the integrity of the election process.
In Ward 8 in Ojo, Wesley reported that out of the expected 92 election ballot boxes, only 36 had arrived by the time of his observation.