Some political thugs in Kano tried to lynch journalists covering the supplementary governorship election in the state on Saturday.
The journalists, who were in Suntulma Primary School in Gama ward of Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state to monitor the elections, were chased out of the school by the hoodlums.
It was gathered that violence erupted when some of the newsmen tried to interview some voters who were denied access into the classrooms where some of the polling units were stationed.
While trying to escape the ensuing violence, some of the journalists fell and one of them had to take refuge in a nearby Mosque. The thugs allegedly tore clothes of some of the reporters.
NAN also reports that some of the reporters had their clothes torn by the thugs.
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Speaking to newsmen, some of the voters alleged that they were not allowed to exercise their franchise as they were chased out of the area.
One of them, Comrade Aminu Tijjani, said he went to the primary school to cast his vote at his polling unit but had to return to escape the hoodlums’ attack.
“The situation is very bad. This is not how to conduct an election where people or voters are denied the opportunity to vote,” Tijjani said.
Also speaking, another voter, Sani Abdullahi, said he came to vote as early as 8:00 a.m. but was scared away by the suspected thugs numbering about 10.
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