Three people reportedly died and three homes were set on fire in a battle between locals and thugs who broke into Kano state’s Wudil local government area.
As the thugs insisted on voting but were resisted by the locals, it was reliably learned that they had entered the region with the intention of interfering with the additional election.
According to a source, the event took place between the Utai and Achika district areas.
He claimed, “The incidence occurred in front of our eyes. The conflict resulted in at least three deaths. Approximately three homes, including the LG Chairman’s home.
“We learnt some thugs were brought to the area to disrupt the election exercise. They were heavily armed while the residents too armed themselves to prevent them from disrupting the exercise,” the source said.
Similarly, it was reliably gathered that violence marred the supplementary polls in some areas of the state as thugs disrupted the election processes in Kwaciri, Kurna Gabas area of Fagge LGA and Zangon Marikita, Ungogo LGA of Kano State.
The Presiding Officer of the Kwaciri, Kurna Gabas area, Polling Unit 30 of Fagge LGA, Mustapha Sagir Umar said they started the accreditation and voting exercise in the area some minutes past 10am and the thugs disrupted the exercise twice before normalcy returned to the area.
Meanwhile, the story was not different in Zangon Marikita, Ungogo LGA of the state as the police under the leadership of Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel deployed large number of personnel to the area to restore peace and normalcy in the areas as election process continued in the area.
