by A group of suspected thugs have attacked ad-hoc staff and political party agents carrying voting materials in Benue State.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Nentawe Yilwatda, confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday.
He said, the electoral officials were attacked on their way to Chito Adzendechi Council Ward, the headquarters of Ukum Local Government Area where the supplementary election was meant to hold.
He, however, said the electoral officials and political party agents were later rescued from the area.
The REC added that the hoodlums also burned electoral materials in the process leading to the cancellation of the voting processes for the over 13,000 voters in the ward.
