The police personnel (name withheld) was making effort to ensure orderliness for a smooth conduct of the polls midway into the exercise when he used a stick to hit the voter, who was not even in the queue which resulted to blood drizzling from his head.
The development sparked violent reaction from youths, who insisted they must kill the security personnel.
In a rancorous reaction, the policeman, who managed to escape death from the angry youths, was eventually overwhelmed and dislodged of his rifle.
The mob, which took possession of the rifle, also blocked the entry and exit point, not allowing the policeman to escape.
However, it took consistent appeals by one of the brave officers to get the rifle back from the youths.
The officer convinced the mob with a promise to foot the bill of the injured youths.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) jumped into an early lead at the Rijiya ” A” Shiyyar Hakimi polling unit 004 in Sokoto south local government, scoring 154 votes against APC’s 80.
However, results in other places were being collated as at the time of filing the report.
