This Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections has claimed its first casualty as an agent of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has been shot dead.
The agent was shot dead by soldiers as the elections was going on.
Though the major opposition party in the state, All Progressives Congress, is not on the ballot for the National Assembly elections as it has been barred by the Independent National Electoral Commission based on court orders, its presidential candidate is on the ballot papers.
Available information indicates that there were crises in different parts of Rivers State.
The PDP agent was shot dead at Ward 10 in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area by soldiers.
So also did a stakeholder in the state call in to a the live coverage of the elections by Channels Television to say operatives of the Nigerian Army have snatched election materials in Okrika area of Rivers State.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari few days ago stated that those who make attempts to snatch ballot boxes would pay with their lives.
However, it was not clear at the time of filling in this report whether the PDP Agent killed made attempt to snatch ballot box or not.