Unknown Gunmen Attacked And Killed Voters In Enugu state.
It was discovered that the gunmen attacked the polling units at Obeagu ward III and another polling unit at Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area.
Unknown gunmen, Wednesday, disturbed voting exercise at two polling units, as occupants of Enugu State documented out to take part in the local government election.
The poll was conducted in the 17 local government area of the State.
reports that the activity advanced peacefully across the State until news sifted in that unknown gunmen, who were against the conduct of any type of election, were destroying devastation in Obeagu area of the State.
It was discovered that the gunmen attacked the polling units at Obeagu ward III and another polling unit at Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area.
They were said to have disrupted the activity, destroying electoral materials after pursuing away citizens.
Sources asserted that three people were killed, while a few others escaped with matchet cuts. No less than two vehicles were likewise burnt in the occurrence.
A few journalists trapped in the crossfire are said to get treatment right now in the hospital.
An eyewitness who didn’t need his name on paper said “the gunmen were shouting that they had warned that there should no longer be elections in any part of the South East.”
The police are yet to give official reaction on the announced assault as of the hour of recording this report.
Our correspondence reports that unknown gunmen, had in the beyond couple of weeks, killed various policemen inside a similar axis.
In the mean time, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was earlier at his polling unit in Amube, Orba, Udenu Local Government Area of the State where he cast his vote at about certain minutes past 11 a.m.
Voting was likewise closed peacefully in different parts of the State in record time.
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