One person died and five others were injured on Sunday when suspected hoodlums attacked an electoral officer for announcing Mr Abdullahi Suleiman Chukuba as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primary for Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
Chukuba defeated his rival, Alhaji Akilu Isiyaku, but the latter’s loyalists reportedly attacked the vehicle of the returning officer.
The incident was announced by the state’s Police Commissioner, Alhaji Adamu Usman, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna.
He said that the Divisional Police Officer and other security agencies had taken the returning officer from the collation centre to Minna.
“One Isa Saidu lost his life and five others injured during the incident,” he stated.
The commissioner however promised that the command would do everything humanly possible to arrest those responsible and bring them to book.
”Thuggery, intimidation and demonstration of violent conduct will not be tolerated before, during and after the local government elections.
”We will not tolerate any act capable of bringing confusion to the state before, during and after the elections,” he said.