Lagos APC Primary: One killed as riot breaks out in Epe

Some houses and vehicles were burnt in Epe, Lagos east, on Thursday as
political violence erupted following the killing of a supporter of one
of the aspirants contesting to represent the All Progressives Congress
in the 2019 House of Representatives election

The deceased was identified as Idris Alooma, said to be 30 years old.

He was said to have been shot by hoodlums who attacked a polling unit
in Ward 4, after voting had taken place and party members were
awaiting the declaration of the result.

According to NAN, the hoodlums stormed the polling unit after learning
that their candidate had lost.

A NAN reporter who monitored the election reports that some aggrieved
youth set houses and vehicles ablaze across Epe community, after the
killing of Alooma.

The Divisional Police Officer in Epe, CSP Adeyeri Sunday confirming
the incident said that one of the suspects, who attacked Alooma, had
been arrested, adding that his team would do everything humanly
possible to arrest other suspects and bring them to book.

The direct primaries to elect the candidates for both the House of
Representatives and the Senate were held at the 19 wards in the Epe
Federal Constituency.

Senator Gbenga Bariyu Ashafa, cleared to run unopposed for the Lagos
East senate seat by the APC National Working Committee, had an
opponent in Bayo Osinowo, a four-time member of the state of House of
Assembly.

Results are being awaited from the election.