Nigeria, March 20 -- Nigeria's electoral body, INEC, on Saturday suspended the bye-election into the vacant Ekiti East 1 State Constituency seat after reports of violent attacks.

The attack by thugs has allegedly led to the death of three persons while many more, including security personnel, voters and officials were injured.

PREMIUM TIMES identified Ward 7, Unit 7 Iworo in Omuo Ekiti as one of the places unidentified gunmen unleashed mayhem during the voting exercise.

The INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, in reaction to the unfortunate development, also confirmed the death of some voters while "some INEC regular and ad hoc staff who sustained gunshot injuries during the melee are receiving medical attention."

According to the commiss...