Two people were killed while forty-seven others were arrested today in Anambra in two separate violent incidents that threatened to undermine the electoral exercise in the state.
A spokesperson for the Anambra police command, SP Haruna Mohammed noted in a statement on Saturday that several violent incidents including shootings and disruption of voting were recorded in the state.
SP Haruna said that there was a clash of two rival factions of the Black Axe and Vikings Confraternity leading to the death of two yet to be identified persons at Obosi.
Haruna said the case is under investigation and efforts are being intensified to apprehend fleeing suspects.
He further informed that at Agulu township polling unit three suspects were arrested and a locally made pistol with four live ammunition recovered.
The spokesman further revealed that a total number of forty-seven suspects (47) were arrested for various offenses ranging from disruption of elections, malicious damage, thuggery, assault, and unlawful possession of firearms.
