Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum has condemned the outcome of last week's by-elections, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the exercise under conditions riddled with irregularities.

In a communique issued at the end of their meeting in Gusau, Zamfara State, and signed by the forum's Chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, the opposition governors alleged that the elections were heavily militarised and characterised by widespread vote buying and violence.

"The forum condemns the over-militarisation of last Saturday's by-elections characterised by wide spread irregularities, vote buying and violence and calls on Nigerians to be more circumspect in p...