Nigeria: Security Beef-Up Nationwide

24 February 2008

Lagos — THE authorities are beefing security across the country ahead of tomorrow's judgment on last year's presidential election.

The move, according to a security source in Abuja, is to prevent hoodlums and/or their sponsors from causing trouble on the strength of the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.

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