Reports reaching DAILY POST indicate that there were cases of violence orchestrated by political thugs in some parts of Fune local government area of Yobe State during the conduct of the governorship and state assembly election.
The thugs, who were allegedly hired from the neighbouring Gombe state, were said to have been arrested by police personnel for prosecution.
Idi Barde Gubana, the Yobe State APC governorship candidate’s running mate has confirmed the incident, saying the thuggery was the only challenge so far experienced in the area.
He claimed that the hired thugs came only to disrupt the conduct of the exercise.
“There are some challenges in some polling units where thugs were brought from outside the state to destabilise the elections but were arrested by the security operatives in the area,” he stated.
Gubana added that apart from the incident, elections were peaceful in the area.
Our correspondent gathered that no injuries nor loss of lives were recorded from the incident.
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