Women Protests As Political Thugs Destroy Ballot Box In Osun

Suspected Political thugs has allegedly destroyed ballot boxes and chased away voters in unit 3 ward 17 Oja Tuntun area in Ife Central area of Osun State.

No fewer than 30 women protested during the ugly attack by the thugs .

Narrating the ugly incident, the women who were almost weeping while speaking with Newsmen said hoodlums have denied them their rights to vote .

They were seen protesting within the confine of their voting unit just as they accused opposition party of being the brain behind the action of the thugs preventing them from voting.

Speaking with journalist, one of the women who refused to disclosed her name said some suspected hoodlums stormed their polling unit armed with dangerous weapons asking to vote for a particularly candidate contrary to their wish.

Her words, “Some political thugs working for opposition party brought some hoodlums to attack us, denying us from voting against their choice of candidate into the State House of Assembly.

” Can you force somebody to vote for your candidate when he or she had already made up his mind on whom to vote for, what kind of county are we. Because we refused to vote for the Candidate they want us to vote for they snatched and made away with ballot boxes and went away, “she lamented

However, CityMirror news observed that there were no single security agencies on ground to confirmed the report

The protesting women pleaded with the journalists to help publicise their ordeal in the hands of thugs having their free day .