As Nigeria heads to the polls on Saturday, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said a total of 60 attacks were recorded at political rallies leaving nine people dead and others injured since campaigns started in September last year.
CDD, in an Election Analysis Centre (EAC) brief, which was released ahead of the polls, said insecurity, fuel scarcity, naira policy of the apex bank and other issues may pose challenges to the conduct of elections.
While EAC is expected to keep a close watch on the key processes in the build-up to, during and after the elections, the elite democracy and development think tank said it had deployed over 4,993 trained and accredited observers, 42 data clerks and 15 fact-checkers and social media experts to monitor the elections.
