Armed thugs shot indiscriminately and tried to snatch ballot boxes at the polling units opposite Bishop Delisle Catholic Cathedral in Lokoja, the Kogi capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports as at the time this report, some hoodlums in fake police and army uniforms were scaring away voters at the polling units.
A staff of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission, Mr Sunday Adwjoh, told NAN that many people from Karaworo Polling Station ran into the church premises for safety.
Adwjoh who spoke on phone said “as we are talking, all of us are lying down to escape being hit by stray bullets.’
Also, at Oke Egbe Polling Unit 01 in Yagba West Local Government Area, a man was shot on the leg when some people invaded the polling unit to snatch ballot box and other materials.
The victim, identified as Mr Tunde Oladipo, was said to have joined hands with others at the polling unit to prevent the armed thugs from snatching the ballot box.NAN gathered that the invaders were however prevented from going away with the ballot box.
Also in Imo, Some unidentified gunmen dressed in the Nigeria police uniforms have reportedly disrupted voting at Ward 6 in Ngor Opkala area of Imo State.
The gunmen also reportedly dispossessed INEC officials of electoral materials.
“Unfortunately, gunmen dressed in police uniform (suspected to be fake), just stormed Ward 6, Ngor Opkala, Imo State, allegedly dispossessing the INEC officials of the electoral materials. It happened few minutes ago,”