Group Condemns Violence In Parts Of Lagos — Leadership Newspaper

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A group, Free Lagos Orange Movement, on Thursday decried the violence that characterised the Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of Lagos State.

Addressing the media in Ikeja, Mr Mark Adebayo, one of the conveners of the movement, said that the problem prevented many voters from exercising their civic rights.

He alleged that many were intimidated by those he called ‘agents of bondage’, a development he said was not good for democracy.

Adebayo said that such happenings threaten the emergence of the choices of the people.

He said that the movement was deeply concerned about the control of the state’s resources by a group of people for several years.

The co-convener said it was time to free the state from what he called ‘bondage’ and allow the will of the people to prevail, urging residents to free themselves and their future in the coming election.

Adebayo said it was time to challenge what he called the ‘political…



Source: Leadership Newspaper