Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday killed about 15 people in north-eastern States of Yobe and Gombe in the course of the country’s presidential and National Assembly elections holding since morning.
According Reuters quoting police, Boko Haram insurgents launched several attacks on voters in the North-East, killing three voters in Yobe State and three more in Gombe State.
The report quoted a spokesman for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as saying that at least eight people were also killed by unidentified gunmen.
Channels TV puts the number of persons killed in the separate incidents at 11.The incident is reported to have stalled voting in Dukku as well as Shole.
Suspected terrorists in cars and motorcycles were reported to have started shooting sporadically in the areas.
In Dukku the attackers were said to have burnt a police station and a bank, causing voters to desert the areas.
Three people were also reported to have been killed in Yobe State, also in Nigeria’s northeast, while voting was going on.
Earlier in Enugu, tragedy was averted after a Honda car driven by yet to be identified persons and conveying items suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), exploded shattering the said vehicle on the road behind the WTC polling station at the Ogui area of Enugu.
It was gathered that due to the heavy presence of security operatives at the venue, the drivers of the vehicle could not gain access to the polling area but had to park the vehicle and left before the blast occurred.
It will be realled that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had hreatened to kill Nigerians who go to vote. They had warned Nigerians to stay out of voting.
