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Nigeria: Buhari Condemns Post-Poll Violence, As Mosque Attacked

19 April 2011

The losing candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, Muhammed Buhari, has condemned post-poll violence, as rioting spread to some 14 states Tuesday.

Buhari called for calm in northern Nigeria in an interview with the BBC, in his first public statement since the contested final election results were released on Monday.

They gave 57 per cent of the votes to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, who was mainly supported in his native, Christian-majority south.

Since then, violence has intensified in the north.

Christian youths burnt a mosque in Kano early Tuesday. Muslims responded by destroying shops.

Earlier a prison was raided and its inmates set free.

The number of deaths has not been released for the moment. But an estimated 15,000 people have already been displaced since the beginning of the troubles at the weekend. Curfews are in place in various places in Kano city and Kaduna state.

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  • Sammy Braide
    Apr 19 2011, 07:44
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    What kind of reporing by RFI is this? You need to inform your readers what is actually going on - that Muslim loyalists of Buhari are attacking Christains and anyoneone they think is a Jonathan supporter. Or is RFI deliberately dishing out garbage of misinformation?

    Sammy

    Hamburg

  • Trigger
    Apr 19 2011, 13:24
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    Fake news!!! You Jokkers and liers. Tell the world also that christian youths attacked and burned down the vice president's house. Where was Buhari for the past 48 hrs when his supporters were killing innocent christians and destroying properties including churches in the North? So now, to cover up you bring in mosques and Buhari's apeal after 48 hours. Thank you very much Mr. Truth teller!

  • gwill2002
    Apr 19 2011, 19:04
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    I wonder why the backward North continue to behave like COW instead of being human .Accept defeat , it's was not your fault ,it's 1914 allegation in Nigeria.North is too dry ,and backward.Nigeria is not your heritage Cow , stop killing people.Animal in human clothing.