AFP
26 April 2011
KAFANCHAN, Nigeria — It has the look of a war zone, the remains of buildings smouldering, wholesale destruction and hundreds believed dead in this remote area of Nigeria torn apart by last week's rioting.
Nigerians went to the polls again Tuesday for the last of three landmark polls this month, but those who are left here were not among them.
The elections for state governorships have been postponed here -- and it is not difficult to understand why.
"Now everything is gone," said 40-year-old Abdullahi Danjuma, pointing to the main market in the town of Kafanchan
His textile shop was among them, and he, his wife and his nine children ran for cover to a nearby police barracks when gunshots awakened them on the night of April 18.
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