Nigeria: 2011 Elections - Security Flashpoints

Vanguard

1 April 2011

Nigeria: 2011 Elections - Security Flashpoints

Tomorrow is the D-day. Nigeria's 2011 elections will kick off with the National Assembly contestants slugging it out in different states of the federation. So far, the level of violence recorded in some states has been frightening if not disturbing.

Though, both the Police and other security agencies have been preaching for a violence-free elections, the political gladiators seems poised to throw caution to the winds as cases of bloody violence have been reported in almost all the states of the federation.

Security agencies have also assured of their preparedness to counter this ugly development. Crime Alert went to town to examine the emerging scenario as indicated by situation reports from all the states of the federation.

Read for details on each state ...