Nigerian Elections: Gunmen Kill 39 During Tense Presidential Vote
Source: NBC
Witnesses and officials say Boko Haram extremists killed 39 people, including a legislator, in northeastern Nigeria, disrupting the country's presidential election.
All the attacks took place in the northeast where the military Friday announced it had cleared the Islamic extremists from all major centers. Residents of the town of Miringa say Boko Haram militants torched people's homes early Saturday and then shot them as they tried to escape. Twenty-five reportedly died.
Witnesses and officials say another 14 people, including Gombe state legislator Umaru Ali, died later Saturday in attacks on the towns of Biri and Dukku.
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Polls were meant to open for accreditation at 120,000 ballot stations at 8 a.m. (3 a.m. ET), with actual voting starting at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until the last person has voted. With 56.7 million eligible voters, authorities knew it could drag well into Sunday, and Nigeria's electoral commission said by late afternoon that it would extend voting into an extra day in polling stations that had technical issues with identity card-reading machines.
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