Nigeria switched from army rule to democracy in 1999 but its elections have long been plagued by violence and fraud
A Nigerian senatorial candidate from one opposition party and the driver of a campaign minibus belonging to another were killed in a series of coordinated attacks in southeastern Enugu State ahead of an election on Saturday, police said on Thursday.
They confirmed the death of Labour Party senatorial candidate Oyibo Chukwu, earlier reported by his party, and said the driver of a People’s Democratic Party campaign minibus had also been killed in a separate attack. The Enugu State police commissioner, Ahmed Ammani, urged citizens “not to succumb to the cowardly antics of the hoodlums, which is aimed at creating fear and to disrupt the electoral process”, the police statement said.
The attacks in Enugu came hours after the parties and presidential candidates signed a pledge to support a peaceful electoral process. A spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu said it had the power under electoral law to suspend a poll in the event of a candidate’s death and set a new date within 14 days. However, he said processes had to be followed and no decision had been made yet in this case.
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