Man Who Political Thugs Invade His House in Lagos Dies.

 Simon Maduekwe who was attacked by political thugs has died, he died from the attack he suffered when political thugs invaded his residence on Fatomi Crescent, Off Bajulaiye Compound, Shomolu, Lagos State, he died from a push in a bid to catch a yet-to-be-identified man using his mobile phone to capture their violent actions at one of the polling units in Lagos.

During the governorship and state House of Assembly elections, residents including Maduekwe visited the polling unit to vote for their preferred candidate.

As voting was ongoing, it was learned that some suspected political thugs started creating tension and warned the voters against voting for another candidate other than their preferred candidate Sanwo Olu of APC.

However, after Maduekwe the intimidation, our correspondent gathered that he left the polling unit for his house.

Maduekwe’s son, Chuka, said his father was at home when one of the political thugs, while subjecting some of the voters to different forms of intimidation and suppression, spotted a resident capturing the moments on his mobile phone.

The political thug, thereafter, raised the alarm which attracted the attention of his accomplices and Chuka said they gave the resident, who firmly held onto his phone, a hot chase.

In a desperate attempt to escape, the aggrieved son said the yet-to-be-identified resident ran into his father’s residence, adding that thugs chased after him.

Chuka explained that Maduekwe, who was not aware of what had transpired outside his home, upon sighting the thugs on his premises, who were shouting, you are trying us, by voting against our preferred candidate, adding that his father slumped as they approach him.

He said, “My dad had gone to vote as early as 8 am because the polling unit was in front of our compound on Fatomi Crescent, Off Bajulaiye Compound, Somolu, Lagos State.

“Immediately, we tried to revive him but couldn’t, so, we rushed him to the Somolu General Hospital and a nurse confirmed to us that he was dead.

My dad had high blood pressure and has not been doing business for over a year as we have been doing all to keep him alive but he died because of election thugs  during the election.”

Chuka, while lamenting over the incident, said his mother had been traumatized by the development.

“My family has been mourning over the incident. My mum is just trying to get hold of what happened, we never anticipated that this election will take him away from us,” he said.

An eyewitness, Samson Duru, described Maduekwe, 68, as a peaceful man who always warned youths against illicit activities during the election period, adding that the deceased was among the people cautioning the thugs against tampering with the election process in the area.

He said, “The man was shouting at one of the thugs to leave the polling unit and allow people to vote for the candidate of their choice before he left for his house. The whole incident happened some minutes after. He is such a peaceful man who does not like trouble; I know they went after him, after checking his voting paper and realized he did not vote for APC, and his son is afraid to say exactly what happened.  I pray that his family will be able to bear their loss.”

Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said,” I am not aware of that incident.”