A Senior Special Adviser to the President of Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the presidential, and National Assembly Election was not marred with violence.
Shehu said “98 or 99 percent of Nigerians voted in the February 25th Presidential Election without fear or any intimidation.
He stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Thursday.
Recalled that there were cases of electoral violence reported during the presidential election in Lagos, Katsina, Delta, and Edo states.
In Plateau, suspected thugs invaded the state collation center and the incident hampered the announcement of results.
But Shehu said the reports of electoral violence were only “a few isolated cases”, adding that the election was an improvement on the previous polls in the country.
“The talks about violence, I have seen a few of these reports and I do not deny that,” the presidential spokesperson said.
“But to say that this election has been characterized by violence, nobody can justifiably say so. Yes, a few isolated cases but all of the things we saw were significant departures from the past.
“For this, I believe this country has every reason to be thankful to the law enforcement agencies because they were effective and they made sure that 98, 99% percent of Nigerians voted in a free environment without fear or any sort of intimidation.”
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