Terrorists on Saturday launched an attack in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State injuring some voters in the process.
The insurgents reportedly fired gunshots from the top of the Mandara Mountains, during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed the attack during a briefing on Saturday in Abuja.
He, however said no INEC facility was destroyed, adding that the injured persons were taken to a hospital where they are receiving medical attention.
Yakubu said, “The first one is the attack in Gwoza. Gwoza is in Borno State. I want to report that the military has confirmed that it was an 81-mm mortar attack on two facilities including a filling station near INEC office but no damage to INEC facilities and no casualties.
“Some people were injured and they are in the hospital. We wish them a speedy recovery but no destruction of INEC facilities and no disruption of the electoral process.”
The electoral chief also said some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, the technology deployed for accreditation and electronic transmission of election results, were snatched by thugs who disrupted the electoral process in parts of the country like in Delta, Katsina, Anambra, amongst other places.
He, however, said INEC has “recovered from all these losses because we have contingency arrangements”.
