Nigeria, March 19 -- The Nigerian Army has continued to be a target of critical reviews over the elections in Rivers State, with a call, on Monday, by some prominent citizens of the state, for investigation of the role of the military in the electoral violence affecting the oil-rich state.

The citizens, including Atedo Peterside, the founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Onueze Okocha, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, and Herbart Wigwe, Access Bank's chief, expressed "disbelief and horror" at the widespread violence that followed the general elections in Rivers State.

Their statement titled 'Rivers lives also matter' bears an evocative photo of a crying kid placed on the map of the state.

During the presidential and National A...