Contrary to the video in circulation on Social Media posted by one Princess Okogie Idemudia that hoodlums invaded St. Bridget Catholic Church, Ijesha, Surulere, Lagos, and carted away Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs and Registration Machine meant for the registration exercise on Friday, July 29th, 2022, the Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje, said no such incident happened.
Agbaje in a statement, said that the viral video was false and targeted at causing chaos, fear and halting the Registration exercise that is scheduled to end on Sunday, July 31st, 2022.
INEC stated that it does not use any religious or worship centers for the Registration Exercise. It, therefore, urged the Public to disregard the Video and go about their registration process peacefully.
Agbede added that the Commission is working round the clock to make sure that all eligible citizens that are yet to register and give the opportunity to do so before the exercise comes to an end in Sunday.
Before this clarification by the electoral umpire, it was alleged that thugs stormed the Church armed with dangerous weapons saying that they should stop PVC registration because “if they register here, they are likely to vote for Peter Obi”.
