Gunshots from a robbery attack on Friday, in Manchok, Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, sent residents and electoral officials scampering for safety.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was at the scene reports that the armed robbers stormed the kiosk of a money transfer agent around 9:30 pm., shooting sporadically in the air.
Electoral officials assigned to Manchok Registration Area, who were sorting electoral materials for various polling units close to the scene, on hearing the gunshots, ran and left the electoral materials behind.
They, however, returned to continue their jobs after the robbers had finished their operation.
A witness, Mukaila Danjuma, said: “Three men suddenly appeared from nowhere, two of them with guns and started shooting in the air.
“One of them came straight to the kiosk and snatched the bag containing all the money generated from various transactions in the day.”
The owner of the kiosk, Balarabe Danjuma, told NAN that the bag contained about N3.5 million.
