Kogi Decides: Policemen flee into the bush as thugs invades polling unit

Fleeing policemen 

Policemen deployed at polling unit 006, Asuta ward, Kabba/Bunu local government area of Kogi state, fled on Saturday after suspected thugs took over the unit.

At least five of the officers escaped through a nearby bush shortly after irate youth surrounded the voting area, destroying election materials.



The rate of violence has been high in Kabba/Bunu, where senatorial and governorship elections are holding.

Recall that there has been reports of heavy shooting at Ayetoro ward 1 unit 004 where Dino Melaye voted this morning.




Less than an hour after he left the voting unit, some hoodlums in two Hilux vans a Honda Civic stormed the place, shooting into the air and targeted the ballot box.

The ballot box was eventually taken away while some boys in the community chased the vehicles with no success.



A young man simply identified as Dami, who just left a local eatery and was passing through the polling unit was shot in the leg and rushed to the hospital.