#KogiDecides2019: Security men missing as armed hoodlums shoot, snatch ballot box in Anyigba

Armed hoodlums have stormed some polling units in Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State and snatched ballot boxes.

Security operatives deployed in the area were nowhere to be found as the hoodlums arrived polling units in cars, shoot sporadically to scare voters away before making away with the ballot boxes.

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Anyingba, a volatile area, has the highest security presence out of the 21 local government areas of the state.

The hoodlums took the ballot boxes away undisturbed.

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