Abuja, April 25: A Nigerian civil rights group has said that more than 500 were killed in the unrest that erupted in northern part of the country after the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in presidential polls held on April 16.
As the results of the elections were trickling in, youth claiming to be supporters of former military dictator General Muhammadu Buhari took to the streets burning churches, mosques, houses and killing persons suspected to belong to Jonathan’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Jonathan is a Christian from the south while Buhari is a Muslim from the north.
The president of Civil Rights Congress (CRC) Shehu Sani said his organisation was able to gather the recent figure from its members located in several towns in Kaduna alone.
-Agencies