{"id":398998,"date":"2011-04-26T10:34:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T10:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/state-and-governor-elections-follow-presidential-poll-violence\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T10:34:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T10:34:37","slug":"state-and-governor-elections-follow-presidential-poll-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/state-and-governor-elections-follow-presidential-poll-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"State And Governor Elections Follow Presidential Poll Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"18.6011257036\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>26 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nigeria held elections for state governors and assemblies on Tuesday, after a week of unrest over recent presidential elections left hundreds dead.<\/p>\n<p>Newly elected president Goodluck Jonathan has ordered tight security. Curfews are in place around the country and soldiers are patrolling the streets.<\/p>\n<p>But observers fear a low turnout.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling People Democratic Party, which controls three-quarters of the 36 states, is expected to lose some of them. Defeated presidential candidate Muhammadi Buhari&#8217;s Congress for Progressive Change could make gains in the Muslim-majority north.<\/p>\n<p>New voters&#8217; cards have been issued with the use of fingerprinting and other safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>But Kaduna and Baudi states will have to wait until Thursday to express their vote, due to post-presidential poll unrest there.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110426-state-and-governor-elections-follow-presidential-poll-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104260566.html\" title=\"State And Governor Elections Follow Presidential Poll Violence\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State And Governor Elections Follow Presidential Poll Violence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 April 2011 Nigeria held elections for state governors and assemblies on Tuesday, after a week of unrest over recent presidential elections left hundreds dead. Newly elected president Goodluck Jonathan has ordered tight security. 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