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The witness called by the counsels of the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has confirmed that indeed there was a disruption of electoral process in Sagamu Local Government.

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, is fighting the legitimacy of the second term given to Price Dapo Abiodun at the election tribunal sitting in Abeokuta. Adebutu is insisting that what happened on March 18, 2023 in the gateway state was not an election but an electoral heist, as the current governor was accused of several crimes ranging from ineligibility to stand for election, over-voting, ballot snatching, intimidation, and illegal collusion with electoral officers to declare false results.

According to the witness, Nurudeen Jimoh Adewogun, from Itunsokun in the Sagamu area of Ogun State, while claiming the election was free and fair in his area, he confirmed that it was later disrupted.

“Those who didn’t want us to use the BVAS machine, destroyed the BVAS machine. Therefore, there was zero vote allocated to the area,” he told the INEC counsel questioning him. Recently, both the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the secretary to the Ogun State government, Tokunbo Talabi, were accused of gross abuse of power and conflict of interest.