Organisation: Peoples Democratic Party

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Nigeria braces itself for election violence

NIGERIA’S police chief, worried that violence could disrupt today’s presidential election, yesterday warned “thugs” that his 250,000 officers would show no mercy to anyone who disrupted voting.

Sat, 19 Apr, 2003

Several die in Nigerian election violence

SEVERAL people died in election violence in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta as President Olusegun Obasanjo’s party stretched its lead in results of parliamentary polls.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2003

Nigerian militants threaten elections

Militants vowed to prevent voting today in a broad swathe of Nigeria’s oil delta during elections that pose a test for civilian rule in Africa’s most populous nation.

Sat, 12 Apr, 2003

Villagers hacked to death in political clashes

DOZENS of villagers have been killed, many hacked to death, in three days of clashes between rival political factions battling for influence in an oil-rich area of the Niger Delta, activists and witnesses said on Tuesday.

Thu, 25 Jul, 2002