Terrorists have killed at least three out of the 13 Governorship delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Mariga Local Government Areas of Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria.
The victims were two women and a male, whose identities were not revealed.
Sources confirmed that they were shot death at a location between Mariga and Tegina and they died on the spot in an ambush by the terrorists on Wednesday.
The source also confirmed that they died on their way back to Mariga after the party postponed the Governorship primaries to enable the delegates obtain their means of identification, following a protest by some of the aspirants who were not comfortable with the delegates list.
Against this backdrop, delegates were asked to return home and bring their means of identification and the primaries shifted to Thursday.
The Chairman of the State electoral panel and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo who made the disclosure at the state party secretariat described the incident as sad.
Ewhrudjakpo also asked all the aspirants for the replacement of the three deceased delegates, which they agreed to after a brief discussion.
He afterwards, ordered a minute of silence be observed for the deceased.
