Violence Trails Presidential Election, amid Commendation

Continued post-election violence in northern parts of the country is posing a challenge for Nigerian security agencies.

A twenty-four- hour curfew has already been slammed on Kaduna, the home state of Vice President Namadi Sambo.

Protesting supporters of the opposition CPC claim the presidential election was rigged.

The News Agency of Nigeria has reported the burning down of Vice President Sambo’s house in Tudun Wada, Zaria, by irate youths.

There are also reports of the razing of houses of PDP chieftains in Adamawa State, where a dusk to dawn curfew has been imposed.

Youths in Gombe took to the streets in protest, shortly after the presidential election result was announced in the state, threatening to burn down the government house. This led to the imposition of curfew there too.

Sokoto State has not been spared the violence. Reports claim that the Sultan and spiritual head of the Country’s Muslims, Muhammad Abubakar and the State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko have left the State capital. There has been no official confirmation.

Similar reports are coming out of other northern states, majority of which General Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC won.

Meanwhile, international observers and other stakeholders have continued to commend the conduct of the election, which the head of the AU observation mission, former Ghanaian President John Kuffuor described as, “credible, peaceful and transparent” from what they saw.