Kogiflame
Gunmen on Saturday gunned down a young man simply identified as Akayama while trying to cast his vote at Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The victim was killed by thugs who invaded the town to cart away electoral materials.
The incident happened at about 11am on Saturday. The thugs took over the town, shooting sporadically and carting away electoral materials from different polling units.
The deceased who the locals claimed to be a graduate of Economics from the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba was shot dead at a polling unit in Iji-Anyigba.
The ongoing election was there after disrupted at Dekina, Agbeji, Ajiolo, Abejukolo and Ejule communities as thugs took over the polling units, chasing away voters who are not loyal to a particular party.
However, Military men were said to have been drafted to the area to restore normalcy.
