A bloodbath was averted Saturday at Mulero area of Orile Agege, Lagos, following attempts by some thugs to invade polling booths and kidnap election officials, in a bid to snatch ballot boxes.

But for the swift arrival of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, the thugs numbering over 500 , would have made good their threat.

It was observed that broken bottles littered on the ground , with election officials at the various polling units gripped with fear. Some party agents who earlier fled, came out of hiding when the command boss arrived with a contingent of armed policemen and a water canon.

Already factions of the thugs had engaged each other in a fight, inflicting injuries on themselves.

When the CP who was monitoring voting processes across the state arrived the scene ,he ordered that all adjourning streets be condoned off and directed everyone who had no business at polling units to vacate there.

One of the suspected thugs was arrested. Odumosu and the teams of policemen, remained in the area until votes were counted . Thereafter, he ordered that a police van be brought to convey election officials and ballot boxes to the collision centre , with a team of armed policemen as back up, to prevent any likely attack on the vehicle.