Woman dies while casting her vote

ayodele johnson

July 31, 2018 3:58 PM

While Zimbabwe awaits the results from its general elections, a woman has died while casting her vote.

In Zimbabwe, a woman

Priscilla Chigumba, the chairperson of Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission confirmed this in an iHarare report.

"The commission is saddened to learn of an unfortunate incident in Bulilima where a female voter collapsed and died at a polling station.

"We want to express our deepest condolences to the family of the now deceased," says Chigumba in a statement she made on Monday, July 30, 2018.

The turnout at Zimbabwe's General Elections held on Monday, July 30, 2018, has been put at 75% according to many reports.

It is the first poll since the army removed Robert Mugabe from power in a coup d'état.

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Heavy punch knocks man unconscious on queue for INEC's PVC

A man has reportedly been knocked unconscious after he was hit by a punch while on a queue reserved for the collection of INEC's Permanent Voters' Card (PVC).

The incident happened in Alapere, Lagos, according to an IG post shared by Instablog9ja on Thursday, May 10, 2018.

A video showed a man who laid still on the floor. He was seen been tended to in a first cut. In a following one, he had returned to consciousness and was seated upright.

In the clip captured a text by a person who witnessed the beginning of the drama.

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It was gathered that a fight broke out in just ten minutes into the allocation of the PVC to registered voters.

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The victim who fainted has tried to help maintain peace before a punch hit him.

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