The voting process of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary was disrupted for a while at Ward G North, Abesan in Alimosho, as thugs chased away voters.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the thugs numbering about 15 invaded the Abesan High School, venue of the exercise around 9.45, flogging voters, preventing them from being accredited.
The motive of the hoodlums as well as their sponsors could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
Some policemen at the venue later responded to the situation by arresting some of the hoodlums and restored normalcy.
NAN however observed that there were large turnout of party members waiting to cast their votes for either Governor Akinwunmi Ambode or Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
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