Hoodlums attacked ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) just hours before the presidential and national assembly elections began.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the ad hoc staff were camped at Tudunwada Primary School in the Gombe metropolis.
According to Punch, the attackers stole three phones, backpacks, and power banks.
However, three people were rushed to the hospital with machete cuts, and others are being treated for various injuries.
According to an eyewitness who confirmed the attack on the condition of anonymity, the hoodlums stole the phones of some of his colleagues who had been trained to conduct presidential and national assembly elections.
He revealed that many of them were injured in the aftermath of the attack while fleeing for safety.
He added;
The police and the school guard were nowhere to be found. They went with phones belonging to my colleagues. I sustained injuries while trying to escape.
The eyewitness who condemned the slow response of security operatives said, “An attack that took place at about 11 pm, not until they (hoodlums) left that police came to ensure order.”
The incident was confirmed by the spokesperson of the state police command, Mahid Abubakar.
Abubakar said;
I was just called now and I’m going there now. Maybe afterwards the big men (Authorities), will state what happened.