2023: Thugs Disrupt Ongoing Kano Supplementary Polls, Voters Stabbed In Adamawa

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KANO: Thugs Disrupt Ongoing Supplementary Polls, Voters Stabbed In Adamawa

Thugs wielding cudgels and other dangerous weapons disrupted voting in Alasawa Kwaciri Ward 030, Kurna Gabas, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano on Saturday.

Hundreds of voters who turned up to exercise their franchise were violently dispersed by the hoodlums.

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It took the intervention of policemen on ground to chase away the thugs and restore normalcy for the voting process to continue.

INEC had scheduled the supplementary election to conclude the March 18 state constituency election in Fagge LG.

Supplementary elections are also going on in affected constituencies in 24 states of the federation.

Voters Stabbed In Adamawa Rerun

Two different incidences of stabbing have been reported in Saturday’s supplementary election in Adamawa State.

The incidents both happened in Yola North local government area but at two different polling units in the ongoing election and involves a man and a woman.

The lady was stabbed at PU006, Kofar Jauro Audu, Jambutu, Yola North LGA in Adamawa while her phone was seized by her attackers.

For the man, he was also stabbed at a polling unit in Yola North for ‘having money in his pocket’

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