The Centre for Democracy and Development on Friday disclosed that about 109 deaths recorded in Nigeria between January and March 10, 2023 were connected to the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
The CDD asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to use the key lessons learnt from its conduct of the presidential poll held on February 25 to improve the conduct of the state elections.
The CDD expressed hope that the extra time INEC has had will translate into an improved opening of polling units across the country, with those PUs fully equipped with the necessary voting materials to avoid scenarios observed in the presidential polls where voting continued well beyond the scheduled closing time.
To ensure the breaches, which occurred during the presidential polls do not happen again, the CDD also called on INEC to reprimand and suspend those found to be colluding with political actors in their state, and support polling unit cancellations in such instances. On the outcome of the elections, CDD observed that most political parties and online commentaries have erroneously projected similar results to the presidential results of 25 February in the distribution of governorship seats.
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