Nigeria, Nov. 14 -- Premium Times

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A major election monitoring group has warned of bloody violence in its preliminary analysis of the upcoming governorship election in Kogi State.

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) said in a statement Thursday night that charging political rhetoric has intensified amongst politicians in the state ahead of the November 16 election.

"Our findings from the observation of the pre-election environment point to a very volatile political environment, characterised by fierce rhetoric, threats of violence and actual incidents of violence," the CDD said in the report signed by Adele Jinadu, its chairman of election analysis centre, and Idayat Hassan, the think-tank's director. ...