Niger PDP delegates shot dead
Three delegates for the governorship primary election of the People Democratic Party, PDP, from Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State have been reportedly gunned down by bandits.
The Chairman of the Electoral Committee and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo made this announcement at the state secretariat of the party, the venue of the primaries in Minna.
Some of the aspirants had expressed distrust with the delegates list, and this necessitated the postponement of the primaries to Thursday.
They were therefore told to present their means of identification, to confirm their names. The delegates were reportedly killed on Wednesday while returning to Mariga after the postponement of the primaries.
One of the delegates, Shehu Haruna told newsmen that the incident occurred between Mariga and Tegina and four people were killed.
He said “We left Minna in the late hours when PDP postponed the Governorship Primaries to Thursday, and that we should go and bring our voter’s card or any means of identification.
“We were retuning home to get our means of identification and on the road we ran into bandits who opened fire on our vehicle. Though we were able to escape since the driver was not hit, but, four people died instantly.”
