Police Arrest African Action Congress Chairman In Oyo While On Election Duty

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested the Oyo State chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) Kayode Babayomi, who is on election duty on Saturday.

It is understood that Oyo State is holding its local government elections across the state.

Reports in some quarters indicates that the exercise has been widely fraught with irregularities.

"The AAC Oyo state chair, Babayomi, has been arrested and detained at the Sanyo police station while on election duty," a source disclosed to the press.

"He was arrested at Ward one, Unit 15, J Nissi area."

"This is particularly planned because at the same polling unit, the Oyo State electoral commission deliberately brought wrong ballot papers, despite coming late."

It was reported that the Oyo State local government elections were delayed in some areas, causing frustration among citizens who had turned out to cast their votes.

According to reports, despite the scheduled commencement time of 8am, many polling units across the state were yet to receive the necessary electoral materials.

The Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Oyo State had earlier also expressed disappointment, stating, "This issue is very disappointing. We raised concerns days before the election, suspecting that the electoral body planned to delay the arrival of electoral materials at polling units. However, we advise our people to go out and defend their democratic rights."