The Lagos State Police Command has announced that it will investigate a viral video showing Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, allegedly intimidating and preventing Igbo people from voting at his polling unit in Lagos during the presidential and National Assembly elections. The video was circulated on social media, with a Twitter user calling the attention of the Nigeria Police to the event. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, described the event as criminal and violating the Electoral Act 2022 and assured that violators would be prosecuted. MC Oluomo is an ardent follower and loyalist of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Despite the deployment of 310,973 personnel across the over 176,000 polling units in the country for the elections, there were still skirmishes and disruptions at some polling points. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that 93,468,008 voters were registered for the 2023 general elections, with 87,209,007 people collecting their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) while 6,259,229 PVCs remain uncollected.
