Nigerian entertainment journalist Joey Akan witnessed an invasion at his polling unit in Lagos state.
According to the reports received, thugs stormed their polling unit to destroy the ballot boxes when Joey tried to intervene, only for him to be attacked.
The music podcaster shared some pictures of the horrendous event that has disorganised the voting process in his centre.
Nigerian entertainment journalist, Joey Akan was assaulted at his polling unit in Oba Elegushi during the election process. The music podcaster raged that thugs came to their voting centre to destroy ballot boxes, and when he tried to stop them, he was met with “a couple of slaps in return.
Joey further mentioned that he “smuggled out of the voting area” to avoid confrontation.
“Thugs have destroyed ballot boxes and thrown away the ballot papers at Oba Elegushi. I collected a couple of slaps for fighting back before I got pulled from the melee, into a house for my safety. Now I have to be smuggled out of the voting area because I have been marked.