Suspected hoodlums attacked a Registration Area Centre (RAC) in Gombe State's Tudun Wada area, robbing ad hoc staff from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The suspected thugs robbed the victims of their phones and injured some of the electoral officials who spent the night at a school, just hours before the Presidential/National Assembly elections began.
According to witnesses, three injured people were rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatment.
In a phone call on Saturday, the Gombe State Police Command confirmed the incident to Channels Television.
According to ASP Mahid Mu'azu Abubakar, a police spokesman, the ad hoc staff went to the center without waiting for security personnel to accompany them.
According to Abubakar, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, the suspected thugs attacked the centre after sensing that the ad-hoc staff were vulnerable without security operatives to protect them.
The police spokesperson said only one person – a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) – sustained injuries and was being treated at a hospital.