TEHRAN, Feb 24 - Nigeria's army says it killed six people it describes as "political hoodlums" in Rivers state in the deadliest reported confrontation on election day.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Spokesman Sagir Musa said in a statement that a lieutenant also was killed in the shootout that began when troops were ambushed at a road barricade in Abonnema.
The confrontation was one of several reported killings on Saturday. Police in Rivers state said a former aide to the governor was shot dead along with his brother.
The Nation newspaper reports that three people were killed in Lagos when thugs attacked a polling booth and burned ballot boxes.
Source: AP