Just In: Boko Haram Attacks Polling Stations in Gombe State

 In a suspected Boko Haram attack on polling stations in northeast Nigeria today, at least two people were killed, a resident and an election official told AFP. The attacks happened in the villages of Birin Bolawa and Birin Fulani in the Nafada district of Gombe state, which has been repeatedly targeted by the Islamists.

An election official, who requested anonymity, said:

 “We could hear the gunmen shouting, ‘Didn’t we warn you about staying away from (the) election?'”