In a widely circulated video, retailers from the country’s east were harassed over their choice of candidate in Saturday’s governorship election.
Because they supported Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election, the thugs allegedly vandalized their counters, according to a man recording the video.
He claimed that those responsible for destroying the Igbo traders’ counters were angry about the results of the governorship election.
He said, “You know, in an election like this, you can’t rule out the possibility of dissatisfied persons. It’s not anything serious. Some of our people had their counters destroyed but we have brought that under control as I speak to you now.
“We are not taking any serious actions against it because we know that there are skirmishes of things like this when elections come up and go.
“The Yorubas that we live in their land are peace-loving people and we have been living friendly. So, it is something we can handle. There is no one injured as I speak to you.”