the Elections in Nigeria are often violent and when Africa’s most populous country went to the polls in 2015, was killed about 100 people. Four years earlier, died about 800, writes the news agency Reuters.
how many people have lost their lives in violence linked to the weekend’s election but on Sunday said the civilian groups that 39 people have been killed. One of the killed should be a election workers.
the Nigerian police have also arrested 128 people around the country suspected of various forms of electoral fraud or attempts to influence the elections through violence, writes Nigeriatidningen The Daily Trust. Nearly 40 weapons of various types have been seized.
the national police, the deputy chief of police, Frank Mba, warned on Sunday that those who use social media to publish non-official data on election results:
Nigeria’s chief of police would like to remind you that the only ones who have the legal right to announce the results of elections are the national electoral commission and warn everyone, especially those on social media, for engaging in illegal announcements, and the dissemination of the results. Those who do may expect consequences, ” said Mba.
the Authorities have not published any numbers regarding the number of casualties.
one election result was not yet on the Sunday evening Swedish time.
Nigeria’s presidential election has started
