The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, on Thursday said Rivers, Ekiti, Benue, Imo and Bauchi states are prone to electoral violence in Saturday’s gubernatorial and house of assemblies elections.
According to Mr. Odinkalu, a few states might erupt in violence regardless of the outcome of the elections due to militia violence within the Niger Delta and circulation of small arms in other parts of the country.
Speaking in Lagos Thursday, the NHRC chairman said, “There are still challenges in reference to violence and also hate campaign. We now have hate in localise context some of which are pretty intense and during the presidential election, we identified a few cases and in no particular order, we have Lagos state, Rivers state and Kaduna.
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