Four hoodlums were arrested with a pistol and a knife while on their way to polling units in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. The arrests took place at Sapon in the Abeokuta‑South Local Government Area as the governorship and state house of assembly elections began on Saturday morning.
A soldier stationed at the Sapon roadblock, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed to our correspondent that four individuals were detained with dangerous weapons, including a gun and a knife. He remarked, “When you see soldiers being hard on anyone, it is not just punishment. We arrested four people with guns and knives. What are they doing with those weapons at a polling unit? I ask you, what does a voter need a gun and a knife for? If they escape from the police, they cannot escape from soldiers; we will catch them.”
In a separate incident, another suspected hoodlum was observed attempting a frog‑jump escape under the Sapon bridge after being apprehended by security operatives.
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