Senate Leader Highlights 1,639 Election-Related Deaths, Urges Peace Before 2027 Polls

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has warned against turning elections into deadly battles ahead of the 2027 general polls. He revealed that 1,639 Nigerians lost their lives to electoral violence between 1999 and 2023. Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project show 80 deaths in 1999, 100 in 2003, 300 in 2007, 800 in 2011, 100 in 2015, 150 in 2019 and 109 in 2023. Bamidele described this trend as a painful national tragedy. In his Eid-el-Kabir message, he urged political parties, candidates and supporters to embrace peace and lawful conduct during campaigns and voting. He stressed that no Nigerian should die because of political ambition or desperate attempts to secure public office.

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