| Event: | OT Other |
| Number: | 2011-000046 |
| Country: | NGA Nigeria |
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| Date (YMD): | 2011-4-17 |
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| Duration: | 3 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | Nigeria?s presidential election peacefully conducted on 16 April, 2011 turned violent as results of the election started coming out on 17 April, 2011. Violent protests were recorded mostly in the northern part of Nigeria where some of the main presidential contenders come from. Angry youths took to major streets in the north especially in Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Niger and Borno States protesting the outcome of the election. Property including houses and vehicles were burnt while many lives were lost. However, the intervention of security operatives including military personnel deployed in the troubled areas as well as imposition of curfew brought the situation under control after 3 days of protests. According to the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), more than 75,000 people were displaced, 288 deaths and 452 injured. |
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