BENUE: Alleged ballot box snatcher gunned down in Gboko 

A SUSPECTED ballot box snatcher was today gunned down at a polling unit in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.

Witnesses said the young man was shot dead while another sustained gunshots injury when they tried to snatch a ballot box at a polling unit in Gboko South.

Chairman of Gboko LGA, Isaac Mtom, said he got information that one person was shot while trying to cart away electoral materials.

“What I was told is that one person was shot by security operatives. I wasn’t there but that’s what I heard. They even said the person was not dead,” he said.