Gunmen suspected to be members of terrorist group, Boko Haram, have reportedly killed two people in Gombe State.
The attack, according to a report, was on a polling station in Northeast Nigeria on Saturday; residents and an election official told AFP.
It happened in the villages of Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of Gombe state, which has been repeatedly targeted by the Islamist Sect.
An election official, who requested anonymity, said: “We could hear the gunmen shouting, ‘Didn’t we warn you about staying away from (the) election?”
A bomb went off also at the Women Training Center in Enugu this morning March 28th. The state police Commissioner confirmed the incident and said anti-bomb squad were immediately invited to the scene and were able to successfully detonate a second explosive found in the premises. Above is the vehicle that carried the explosive device
An explosion also struck a polling station at a primary school in the eastern Nigerian city of Awka on Saturday morning but claimed no casualties, police said.
"No lives were lost and none injured. The police bomb squad has moved in," Uche Eze, police spokesman for Anambra state, said.
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