Police hunt for Comrade Wale Balogun for supporting opposition candidates in Lagos LG elections

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS : COMRADE WALE UNDER THREAT OF POLICE ARREST.* - Daisi Ogunniyi The July 12th Local Government elections in Lagos state is becoming worrisome with the threat to arrest a community leader in Yaba LCDA, Comrade Wale Balogun, leader of Mekunnu Koya. Comrade Balogun crime is said to be his support for the candidates of opposition political parties in Lagos state particularly, Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency. He had warned political thugs of the ruling party not to repeat the anti democratic practice in which a well known political thug Murtala Rahman aka Muri Cooordinator and his gang snatched ballot boxes at Saint Dominic, Sabo, during the 2023 general elections. Evidence of this was on tape He was also said to have appeal for a Non-violence process of One Man, One Vote. In spite of this, eligible voters in Adekunle - WARD A, Abule Ọja - WARD D, Abule Ijesha - WARD i, Iwaya - WARD - F and G, and Makoko - B, all in Yaba LCDA are being threatened not vote for opposition parties or dare the consequences. Security reports shows that a tactical team directly from the Lagos State Commissioner of Police office have linked up with the SCID Panti Yaba, to effect Comrade Wale Balogun's arrest. However, the fearless pro-democracy activist is in the neighborhood and remains undaunted. In a related development, the Councillorship candidate of PDP, Babatunde Dosunmu is said to be under threat of attack by APC thugs or being arrested on trumphed up charges.