A yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly shot dead by soldiers on patrol at Bajida polling unit 001, Fakai LGA of Kebbi State while trying to snatch a ballot box from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, during the election....CONTINUE READING
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased was a member of the proscribed Yansakai, a local volunteer vigilante group…..CONTINUE READING
He was said to have intruded into the polling unit claiming to be a security agent.
“He and his group rushed to the polling unit trying to snatch the ballot box as INEC officials were moving the ballot box to the collation centre.
“Efforts to stop him by people at the polling unit failed and as he struggled to collect the gun from a soldier he was shot by another soldier,” an eyewitness said.
Also, there was a stampede at 009 polling units in Takalau area of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital leading to many being injured.
The stampede was caused by a soldier, who fired rubber bullets in the air to scare thugs. In the melee, a woman fainted, one other fractured his limbs and others sustained injuries.
Angry youths in the area were heard shouting “We rather die than allow the army to molest our mothers and elder sister who came to cast their ballots. It is either the military leaves or we take on them; our aged mothers on the queue must be protected.”
One Dan Asabe who volunteered to speak on behalf of the youth said that the military just came to destabilize the polls saying voters were in line already when they came and began to beat women including a pregnant woman. “The solution is the military must leave and leave us with the police otherwise what will happen won’t be good…..CONTINUE READING
