Reports coming in from Bauchi State revealed that gunmen in six vehicles stormed a polling unit in Bagurun Primary School of Darazo local government area of Bauchi state.
Nigeria police on election duty
The unidentified gunmen reportedly attacked the polling unit on Saturday during the presidential election and started shooting sporadically into the air.
This was made known in a statement signed by the spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, a copy obtained by News Agency of Nigeria.
It was gathered that the gunmen arrived at the polling unit and collated all election materials and set some of them ablaze.
“The timely intervention of combined security forces, comprising the Police and Army, forced the suspects to abandon their mission and escape to unknown destination. This enabled the electorate to put off the fire and save both the sensitive and non-sensitive materials. Normalcy was restored in the area and the electorate continued casting their votes unhindered under tight security,” Mohammed said.
The force spokesman also confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old man, whose name was given as Abdul Umar, for loitering around Katako ward of Warji town in the state with a locally made pistol.
He said two other suspects, Abdullahi Samaila and Nasiru Adamu who were found in possession of 29 permanent voter cards (PVCs) at Marga Primary School Polling Unit of Ganjuwa local government area were also arrested.
It was further learnt that yet to be identified persons also snatched INEC Smart Card Reader machine and some election materials at Jauro Gani Village Polling Unit of Alkaleri local government area of the state.
Meanwhile, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks although the Boko Haram terrorists group had threatened to attack during elections in Northern Nigeria. There have also been reports of similar attacks in neighbouring Gombe.
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