Nigeria, March 21 -- The police in Ekiti on Sunday said three persons have been taken into custody over the killing of two persons and the disruption of Saturday's House of Assembly bye-election in the state.

The Police Commissioner, Babatunde Mobayo, also clarified that contrary to widespread speculations, the policewoman who was shot, did not die but sustained gunshot wounds. He said she was immediately rushed to a hospital for attention.

Two persons were confirmed to have been shot dead on Saturday by suspected party thugs while five others sustained gunshot wounds during the House of Assembly bye-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) in the state constituency .

Mr Mobayo, through the Command's sp...