Policemen deployed at polling
unit 006, Asuta ward, Kabba/Bunu local government area of Kogi state, fled on
Saturday after suspected thugs took over the unit.
At least five of the officers
escaped through a nearby bush shortly after irate youth surrounded the voting
area, destroying election materials.
The rate of violence has been
high in Kabba/Bunu, where senatorial and governorship elections are holding.
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) abandoned
polling unit 001, Asuta ward in Kabba/Bunu following beating from suspected
thugs.
Voting ended before 11am but some
persons in the community disrupted the exercise, forcing the electoral
officials to leave their duty post.
As at 2pm,
counting of votes had not commenced.
At polling unit 006, Asuta ward,
still in Kabba/Bunu, voting has ended but INEC ad hoc staff complained about
violence.
At units 001 and 006, Asuta ward,
Kabba/Bunu, votes were being counted with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
leading when some youth started pouring water and drinks on the ballot papers.
Journalists and INEC ad hoc staff
were threatened and chased away.
There were also reports of
destruction of ballot papers across polling units in Ijumu local government
areas in Kogi.
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