Reports Of Shot Dead Police Officer Heighten Tension In Kogi State

Eniola Adeniyi

There is heightened tension in Kogi state as the general election gets underway.

Reports of a shot dead police officer in Okene are attributed to this development.

The circumstances surrounding the development remain sketchy as police authority maintain sealed lips at press time.

Sources claim the dead officer was escorting election material.

Kogi has been a hotbed of political violence ahead of today’s general election with arrests and attacks recorded here and there across the state – and party divides.

This development is in the face of promise by governor Yahaya Bello to deliver the votes in the state for re-election seeking President Muhammadu Buhari