The Labour Party has confirmed that one of its four supporters that were injured during an attack in Lagos has had his hand amputated as a result of the injury he suffered.
Iwitnesslive had reported that Police in Lagos confirmed that four supporters of LP presidential candidate Pete Obi were left wounded during the attack that occurred in the Eti-Osa Local Government area of the state last week.
Given an update on the development, the Director General of Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday said one of the victims has had his hands severed.
Osuntokun said voters suppression is one of the key elements militating against the conduct of the 2023 elections.
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 were does that come in?” Osuntokun questioned.
