Nigerian election poll violence said to have recorded higher death toll than before

The 2019 Nigerian election polls are reported to record a higher death toll than the previous 2015 polls.

At least 35 people are reported dead as a result of the violence erupted in a tight presidential race between President Muhammadu Buhari and businessman Atiku Abubakar.

Other than the terrorist attack that killed more than a dozen people during the same poll, the death toll as a result of violence has also hit a blow to Africa’s biggest election.

Clement Nwankwo, convener of the Situation Room, which represents more than 70 civil society groups, said 16 people were killed in election violence across eight states, while Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence cited 35 deaths.

On the other hand Festus Okoye, an Independent National Electoral Commission official, said some people were killed in the southern states of Rivers, Lagos and Oyo, but he could not confirm any figures.

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