May 21, 2026

The hoodlums, who arrived in large numbers during the ongoing APC governorship primary election, surrounded the secretariat while chanting war songs and threatening violence unless their preferred aspirant emerged victorious in the exercise.

Suspected political thugs and cultists allegedly loyal to a governorship aspirant in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Kwara State on Thursday surrounded the party’s state secretariat in Ilorin, and blocked Senator Musiliu Obanikoro.

The hoodlums, who arrived in large numbers during the ongoing APC governorship primary election, surrounded the secretariat while chanting war songs and threatening violence unless their preferred aspirant emerged victorious in the exercise.

A video obtained by SaharaReporters captured some of the suspected thugs chanting in Yoruba, “No Yahaya Seriki-Gambari, no vote,” in what appeared to be an open show of support for APC governorship aspirant Seriki-Gambari.