Nigeria, March 22 -- The senator representing Ekiti South district, Abiodun Olujimi, has narrated how she escaped being shot during the violence that erupted at the House of Assembly bye-election for Ekiti East Constituency 1 on Saturday.

The bye-election was to fill in the vacant position of Juwa Adegbuyi, a representative of the constituency, who died in February.

Mrs Olujimi, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the incident occurred shortly after the visit of some All Progressives Congress (APC) members at the polling unit.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how two people died in the incident at ward 7, Unit 7 Iworo in Omuo Ekiti.

Following the incident, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a statement by i...