Izuchukwu OkosiSome youths in the Medina area of Agbara-Lusada road in Ado-Odo Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Saturday night, vowed to further disrupt any repeat of elections held in polling units in that area, Prime Business Africa gathered.
A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity revealed that the youths, consisting mainly of young men in their early 20s and 30s had disrupted proceedings earlier in the day.
The youths, Prime Business Africa scooped, were supporting a particular party and were aware that majority of other young voters were keen to vote for a rival party seemingly gaining the trust of Nigerians.
With the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the elections until Sunday after disruptions and perceived issues with election materials experienced on Saturday in parts of the country, there are still dissenting voices who are believed to be working against the emergence of rival candidates in the polls.
“There were issues with election materials at Polling units 14 and 21 at Medina. But that’s not all. We saw youths who threatened to disrupt any elections held there again.
“They gathered and caused disruption to the voting exercise on Saturday. The agents were not enough. The police were sent there.
“The boys threatened on Saturday to make things difficult for voters because they know which candidate most people are rooting for,” the source further told Prime Business Africa.
In most of the polling units monitored by Prime Business Africa in the Agbara community, the Labour Party were generally declared winners of the elections on Saturday.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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