Tag: Ballot Snatchers
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FACT-CHECK: Did the Nigeria police gun down ballot snatchers during Saturday’s polls?
A video has gone viral showing gunmen arriving at a polling unit on motorbikes to cause disruption to ongoing election. The masked men scared everyone away as they brandished their riffles and went on to destroy the mounter polling booths and election materials. Moments afterwards, gunshots were heard as a team of policemen closed in…
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Death threats to ballot box snatchers: We’ll carry out Buhari’s order to the letter – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army on Monday said it will carry out the orders from a controversial statement issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday that all those planning to snatch ballot boxes may be carrying out their last illegal acts. The comment is already generating heated debates in the polity with many saying the president’s statement…