Gunshots As Suspected Thugs Attack Dino Melaye’s Polling Unit

Suspected thugs have attacked Ayetoro ward 1 unit 004 where the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, voted.

Naijaparry understands that less than an hour after the senator left the voting unit on Saturday, some hoodlums in two Hilux vans a Honda Civic stormed the place, shooting into the air and targeted the ballot box.

The ballot box was eventually taken away while some boys in the community chased the vehicles with no success.

A young man simply identified as Dami, who just left a local eatery and was passing through the polling unit was shot in the leg and rushed to the hospital.

Speaking after casting his vote, Melaye raised the alarm over alleged hijack of ballot box by suspected thugs in his polling unit.

The lawmaker accused one Sunday Faleke of leading the thug to hijack the election materials shortly after he left the polling unit.

He tweeted, “Shortly after I left my polling unit, one Sunday Faleke led thugs who shot sporadically and carted away the ballot box.”