The PDP members, as early as 8 am on Sunday, started the protest against the results of the local government elections released in the early hours of Sunday by KWASIEC.

The KWASIEC Chairman, Mohammed Baba-Okanla, in a statement made available to the press on Sunday morning, said that APC won the chairmanship and councillorship elections in the 16 local government areas and 193 wards of the state, respectively.

During the protest, burnfire was made at strategic locations on Fate Road before they matched on to Zango/ Maraba Road to the General Post Office and Challenge areas of Ilorin Metropolis wielding placards with different inscriptions condemning the election results declared by KWASIEC.

Speaking with our correspondent, the victim said that he was coming out of a shopping mall, where he went to buy something for his children on his motorcycle when he ran into the mob.

“I was mercilessly beaten, and they were looking for used tyres and wanted to burn me, but I managed to run and escaped to the KWASIEC office, where the security men protected me.

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