The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Kano, Ambassador Abdu Zango, confirmed that thugs disrupted elections earlier in the morning in Shanono Local Government Area but noted that the process resumed shortly after.
Zango told newsmen in Shanono Local Government: “It is true that some highly armed political thugs have disrupted the elections in some polling units and snatched away ballot boxes.
“We managed to replace those boxes and ballot papers snatched away by the thugs. And elections, as you can see, continue without any hitches.
“Police have arrested over 200 thugs now, including one of our staff who was mistaken by the security as a ballot box snatcher, not knowing that she was running for her dear life, but we are getting her out soon.”
Some residents and eyewitnesses alleged that a particular serving commissioner in the state hired political thugs to disrupt the conduct.
An eyewitness told DAILY POST: “Some of us had voted at about 10 am but shortly after that heavily armed thugs were seen chasing away everybody and we had to run away for our dear lives.”
