Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday’s presidential polls.
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The general picture across the country seems to be one of confusion for voters, low turn outs in some areas, and the opposition calling foul.
21 are offically reported killed in the Niger Delta but local estimates are higher at around 40, including 7 police officers killed overnight in Port Harcourt on the 13th. There are around 10 other deaths reported throughout the country as of writing.
INEC in Port Harcourt, Rivers State reported a 90.09% result for the governing PDP with an 85% turn out.
The feeling on the street, at the end of a (very bloody) first election day.
We’re in the bottle neck of getting reports in from across the Delta - where the trouble nationally seems to be worst - but the general feeling seems to be that these elections are going very badly. (Both in terms of violence and the process itself.)
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Joseph talked yesterday to Barry about the pre-election period.
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This Friday, Joseph talked to Justice from the ‘Agip Estate’ in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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Joseph talked to Tarry who is going to Bayelsa State on Friday… He was upbeat about the prospects of a peaceful vote in Bayelsa.
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Joseph talked to an independent election monitor headed for Delta State on Friday…
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Yesterday, Joseph talked to Patrick Nagbanton from the Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) about his feelings on the elections this weekend.
(Sorry the sound’s muddy. As you’d imagine it’s a bit manic today and they had to do the interview on the run, by the side of the road. At least you get to hear the real Port Harcourt, i.e.: deafening traffic.)
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