Six people have been reported killed while several others were injured in Utai village of Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State during the Saturday’s supplementary election during the Saturday’s supplementary elections in the constituency.

The incident happened while election of the State House of Assembly which was earlier declared inconclusive was ongoing, leaving residents in fear as peaceful atmosphere of the village was disrupted.

According to eyewitnesses, violence erupted in the village after the commencement of the election in the only polling unit with less than 600 people, where some thugs suspected to be smuggled into the village attempted to disrupt the process.

The supplementary election was between the top two candidates, Nuhu Abdullahi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ali Abdullahi Manager of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in which the NNPP candidate was later declared as the winner of the election.

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