Tag: election violence

Reports just in say that armed thugs have invaded polling units in Sagbama local Government area of Bayelsa State. Sporadic heavy gun shots were heard as they allegedly hijacked elections materials. It was learned that at about 9:00am at Agorogbene, unit 6, 7 and 8 in Ward 11 of the Local Government, the scared voters […]

The independent National Election Commission (INEC) has alerted voters and politicians in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states that votes from polling units with recorded violence will not be counted in Saturday’s off-cycle elections. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, conveyed this message during a meeting in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State. He was […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the violence meted out on his supporters during Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections. The governorship and state house of assembly elections were marred by widespread violence especially in Lagos State. There were widespread clashes between different parties with Labour […]

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has debunked the alleged d3ath of a corps member who was almost lynched by angry voters in Abuja, on Saturday over alleged electoral malpractice. The said to have occurred at the polling unit inside LEA Primary School in the Lugbe area of the FCT. An eyewitness told journalists that […]

Scores of women have allegedly been severely beaten up by suspected political thugs for exercising her franchise at 30 Ishadare street, off Fafolu street, Onipanu, and Ikota areas of Lagos. They were all said to have cast her vote for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party before and were subsequently brutalized by […]

Bishop Seun Adeoye, the lead bishop of Worldwide Anglican Church (WAC) in Nigeria, has called for the arrest of Bola Tinubu following his charge to supporters to grab victory violently. He slammed, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for telling his supporters to snatch power “at all cost.” Tinubu, in a video […]

A police officer identified as Martins Mbang, was shot dead at the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s House of Representatives primary in the Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. The election was to nominate a candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections for the Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwara federal constituency.   Reports say that […]