Military personnel arrest party agent with N3.2m cash in Lagos

Military personnel on Saturday arrested a suspected party agent in the Oshodi area of Lagos with N3.2m cash.

He was arrested by security personnel on patrol during the governorship and state house of assembly elections.

Another woman, who claimed to be a ward leader in the Ejigbo area of Lagos, was also arrested with a herbalist on the Isolo/Egbe road.

The bag of the unidentified party agent was said to have attracted the attention of the military personnel, who insisted on knowing what was inside the bag.

The agent reluctantly opened the bag and it was discovered to contained wads of naira notes.

A military source who witnessed the counting of the money gave the total amount as N3.2m.

The military patrol team was said to have attended to at least 24 distress calls between 8.30am and 1.30pm, from different polling units in Oshodi, Jakande Estate, Ejigbo, Ajao and Oke-Afa areas of the state.

Vanguard reported one of the distress calls received from Igala Estate on the Isolo/Egbe road of a voter whose skull was broken by a thug.

While attending to another call at the Borokini Hall on the same axis at about 11.45am, a tricycle in which three passengers were flagged down.

While one of the occupants, a woman whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, claimed she was on her way to her ward in Ejigbo, others simply said they were going to vote.

However, when the two men were searched, one of them was discovered to have guarded his waist with charms.

Upon further enquiry, the self acclaimed ward leader said she hired the service of the herbalist and the other passenger to accompany her to her ward.

Three of them were whisked away in the military patrol van.

Some suspected thugs were also arrested.