ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Ondo State’s Commissioner for Health, Banji Ajaka, was brutally attacked by angry members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ugbo Ward 3, Ilaje Local Government Area. The incident occurred because he was accused of hiding a result sheet.
According to witnesses, the APC members, demanding the result sheet, targeted Ajaka after electoral officers implicated him in its disappearance, Nation reports.
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One witness recounted: “Hon Ajaka, the Commissioner for Health received general beating in his home town as his name was mentioned by the INEC officer and some INEC officers together with Aiyedatiwa camp that compromised the system by removing the reporting sheet from the materials given to them.
“The place was like the ocean of water for the supporters of Chief Olusola Oke. Ugbo Ward 3 people were seriously angry with the ugly situation as they all believed that is time for Chief Olusola Oke to govern this state.”
Ajaka, confirming the incident, stated that he was assaulted under the accusation of withholding the result sheet, emphasizing that he was merely attempting to clarify the situation when the attack occurred.