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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots into the evening Saturday, hours after the official deadline for joining the voting line in Africa's most populous nation after late starts and sporadic violence caused delays at polling stations.
Borno State Police Command has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement and other forms of transportation within the state, from 12 am to 6 pm on election day.
Five persons sustained injuries on Saturday during an attack on a community in Gwoza LGA of Borno state.
People are still lined up hours after voting was supposed to close in Nigeria during the country’s presidential and parliamentary election which opened with large delays. Thousands remained in line at polling stations waiting to cast ballots and sparking frustration on Saturday. The elections come amid fears of violence from Islamic militants in the north to separatists in the south. But officials didn’t postpone the vote as the last two presidential elections were. Voting was largely peaceful Saturday. But gunmen stole ballot boxes across the country.
The incident took place on Saturday behind Gwoza Hills, when a group of Boko Haram terrorists opened several shots targeting voters on queue behind the Mandara Mountains Gwoza.