BREAKING: Suspected ballot snatcher shot dead in Kebbi State
- A suspected ballot snatcher in the Bajida polling unit 001 of the Fakai local government area of Kebbi state has been gunned down by soldiers
- The yet-to-be-identified ballot snatcher reportedly stormed the polling unit and claimed to be a security agent but was shot while attempting to collect a gun from a soldier at the polling unit
- Eyewitnesses at the polling unit said he was a member of the proscribed volunteered vigilante group known as Yansakai
Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi - Soldiers on patrol have shot dead a suspected ballot snatcher at the Bajida polling unit 001 of the Fakai local government area of Kebbi state.
The suspected ballot snatcher was said to have been shot while trying to steal a ballot box at the ongoing supplementary election in Kebbi South, Daily Trust reported.
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Details of ballot box snatcher shot dead in Kebbi State
He was reported to have stormed the polling unit and claimed to the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the electorates that he was a security agent.
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It was also alleged that the now-dead ballot snatcher attempted to collect from a soldier who was securing the polling unit before he was shot
Eyewitnesses in the area accounted that he was a member of the now-proscribed Yansakai, a group of local volunteer vigilantes.
An eyewitness said:
“Efforts to stop him by people at the polling unit failed and as he struggled to collect the gun from a soldier he was shot by another soldier.”
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Kebbi is one of the 2 states where the next governor would be decided by the outcome of the ongoing supplementary elections in some parts of the country.
The leading political parties, including the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are jostling to win the states.
As of the time of writing this report, no official statement from the security agencies yet.
Anxiety as Adamawa, kebbi's next governors know fate tomorrow
Legit.ng earlier reported that there is fair tension in some states where INEC will be conducting supplementary elections on Saturday, particularly in Adamawa and Kebbi states, where governorship election reruns will be held.
This is due to the fact that some of the political actors are already protesting, and some are calling for the deployment of heavy security in the affected areas.
INEC will conduct the supplementary elections in no less than 24 states, 185 local governments and 2,660 polling units.
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