According to reports reaching us from Gombe State, no fewer than two persons were feared dead on Saturday in an attack said to be carried out by members of the Islamic sect called Boko Haram.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspected terrorists stormed villages of Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of Gombe state and shot sporadically at voters awaiting to be accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The insurgents struck just when some eligible voters queued at their polling units to partake in the presidential and National Assembly polls, which is taking place across the country on Saturday.
No arrest has been confirmed as at the time of filing in this report.
However, the incident has put fear in the mind of some residents of the communities attacked by the Boko Haram fighters.
