A young man simply identified as Akayama has been killed at Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
It was learnt that the victim was gunned down by thugs who invaded the town to cart away electoral materials.
The incident happened at about 11am on Saturday. The thugs took over the town, shooting sporadically and carting away electoral materials from different polling units.
The deceased who the locals claimed to be a graduate of Economics from the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, was shot dead at a polling unit in Iji-Anyigba.