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See wia Lagos politician Segun Adewale AKA Aeroland wey dey buy vote tear BBC reporter slap . For di polling booth wey dey Pleasure bus stop area of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, BBC Pidgin reporter, Ajoke, see popular Lagos politician, Segun Adewale wey pipo dey call Aeroland, as im dey give voters N1,000 afta dem don vote finish. Im tanda for one corner dey give pipo di money afta dem vote finish. . As im see say our reporter dey see wetin im dey do, Adewale come attack di BBC reporter. Im slap our reporter, as im thugs too collect her phone. Na di police wey dey there come helep di reporter to collect her phone back. . Adewale na one Lagos politician wey don try be Ekiti State governor before. #bbcnigeria2019 #nigeriadecides2019 #electionnotwar #nigeria #bbcnewspidgin #bbcpidgin

A post shared by BBC News Pidgin (@bbcnewspidgin) on Mar 9, 2019 at 1:59am PST

By Chioma Obinagwam

A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) female reporter, Ajoke, has been allegedly slapped by a Lagos politician, Segun Adewale for attempting to video him while he was handing N1000 notes each to voters who had just finished voting.

Confiance News gathered from BBC Pidgin Instagram page on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

According to the Instagram post, which was written in Pidgin, the incident occurred at the Polling Unit at Pleasure bus stop area of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

“When he saw that our reporter could see what he was doing, Adewale attacked the BBC reporter. He slapped our reporter and his thugs collected her phone. It was the police there that came to help the reporter get her phone back,” the post revealed.

Adewale, also known as Aeroland, has contested for the Ekiti State governorship position in the past.

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