Just In: Panic in Kogi as hoodlums attack polling units

- Armed hoodlums have stormed several polling units in Kogi, snatching ballot boxes

- Thugs in fake police and army uniforms were also reportedly scaring away voters at polling units in Lokoja

- A man was also shot on the leg when some people invaded the polling unit at Yagba LGA

Shooting and ballot boxes snatching by armed hoodlums have spread to some parts of Lokoja, Kogi capital, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

As at the time this report, some hoodlums in fake police and army uniforms were scaring away voters at the polling units opposite Bishop Delisle Catholic Cathedral in Lokoja.

A staffer of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission, Sunday Adwjoh, told NAN that many people from Karaworo Polling Station ran into the church premises for safety.

Adwjoh who spoke on phone said “as we are talking, all of us are lying down to escape being hit by stray bullets’’.

Also, at Oke Egbe Polling Unit 01 in Yagba West Local Government Area, a man was shot on the leg when some people invaded the polling unit to steal ballot box and other materials.

The victim, identified as Tunde Oladipo, was said to have joined hands with others at the polling unit to prevent the armed thugs from snatching the ballot box.

The invaders were however prevented from going away with the ballot box.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that suspected political thugs reportedly stabbed Vincent Egbogbo, ward chairman of one of the rival political parties in Oleh Ward 1, Isoko South local government area , Delta state.

Egbogbo was stabbed at Oleh Ward 1, Unit 7 in Egide Street, Oleh.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a stalwart of one of the parties in the area accused their rival political party of masterminding the attack in the area.

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