An unnamed supporter of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has had his hand amputated after the violent attack that rocked the grand finale of the presidential campaign rally of the party in the state last week.
Speaking on Tuesday during a live appearance on Channels Television’s ‘The 2023 Verdict’, the Director General (DG) of Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, said he did not have the assurance that everything is set for Saturday’s presidential election, saying that voter suppression through violence remained a worrying factor.
He also said the over-voting recorded in the Osun State elections which the tribunal used as a prerequisite to nullify the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, despite the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), was another worrying factor.
Osuntokun said: “I won’t score the preparation a 100 per cent, there are some factors that challenge that conclusion. The predisposition to voter suppression through violence, we have been a victim of that especially in Lagos.
“INEC people actually responded to people looking for their PVCs discriminatorily and when we had the rally in Lagos, our supporters were prevented in certain areas from coming to the Tafawa Balewa Square and some of them were injured. As we speak one of them has had his hand amputated.
“So when you take these into consideration, you cannot be confident that this is going to work well.
“And as I remarked once the fact that the BVAS or the electronic transmission introduction to the system is supposed to preclude the possibility of over-voting, but according to the judgement of the tribunal on the Osun State election that was conducted a while ago, the tribunal nullified the victory of the PDP on account of over-voting, now where does that come in?” Osuntokun questioned.