Malik Yahya/
Election violence has claimed the lives of two policemen in Sokoto State and one election observer in Enugu.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the policemen, an Inspector and a Sergeant, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Isa Local Government Area of the state.
Reports from Enugu say that an election observer was also shot dead at the home of Senator Ayaogu Eze, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Umuonu-Umuida, Enugu-Ezike, in the state. Circumstances surrounding the shooting is still unclear even as the bus of the group has been damaged.
A team of police officers were drafted to cordon off Eze’s home.
The victim was identified as a member of a group of observers monitoring the governorship and state House of Assembly elections.
After the shooting, the observer group was held hostage at Eze’s compound until the combined team of the police and army came to rescue them and took them to a nearby divisional headquarters.
“We were almost killed there,” one of the survivors said.
A source in the village who didn’t want to be identified said that the victim was shot in the head and he lost a lot of blood.
“His blood is everywhere if you go there,” the resident said. The Enugu state police spokesman, SP Ebere Amarizu, confirmed the incident. He also confirmed that the victim identified as Onuorah Odoh is dead.
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