Gunmen invade Kogi PDP gov primary during votes counting

Unknown gunmen invaded the venue of the PDP party primary election, Lokoja Confluence Stadium and force the guber primary to end abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to NAN reports, voting had ended and sorting of votes were going on when the gunmen came to the venue at about 1:45a.m. and started shooting from different directions.

Votes in eight out of the 10 ballot balloxes have already been counted and sorted out before the disruption by the gunmen.

Aspirants, delegates and others scampered for safety while the number of casualty has yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

NAN correspondent said that Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, the Chairman of the Election Committee escaped the bullets of the gunmen.

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Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE
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