Nigeria voters ‘threatened’ in delayed poll

Election observers say they witnessed the intimidation of voters and violence during the supplementary elections held in Nigeria at the weekend.

The European Union Election Observation Mission said that there were groups of men with weapons who intimidated and obstructed the voting process.

In particular, the EU mission said local and international observers and journalists were prevented from accessing parts of Kano state where the supplementary elections were being held.

The mission said it was disturbed that both the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) and security agencies did little to address the violence, which spread to many parts of Kano state.

The police and Inec are yet to respond to the EU statement.

Nigeria’s electoral commission declared the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress party winner of the Kano governorship poll.

So far the APC of President Muhammadu Buhari controls 16 states, while the main opposition PDP won 12 states from the gubernatorial polls.

The elections were held in five states after the country’s electoral commission cancelled ballots in some areas and called for a rerun.

source bbc