Nigeria, Aug. 13 -- A new report by an election observer group, YIAGA Africa, has highlighted some challenges as well as vices that marred Saturday's bye-election into the Nasarawa State House of Assembly.

These challenges, it said, could affect the coming governorship election in Edo State if ignored.

The bye-election, according to the report, underscores the complexity of safeguarding public health and electoral integrity.

Nigeria's electoral umpire, INEC, conducted the bye-election on Saturday in Nasarawa Central following the death of the member representing Nasarawa Central constituency at the state House of Assembly, Suleiman Adamu (APC), on April 30.

It was conducted in 44 polling units across seven wards in Nasarawa Local Gove...