polling stations: Voting took place on Saturday, with some polling stations staying open on Sunday and results not expected for several more days. ; A credible and relatively calm poll would open a new chapter in the checkered political history of Nigeria, where nearly six decades of independence have been tarnished by military coups, endemic corruption and secessionist movements, according to The Japan Times. The death toll during and after the last election in 2015 was around 100 people, according to the International Crisis Group. The number of deaths reported by Sunday was below the final death tolls in previous elections in Africa's most populous country, but in the past most unrest has taken place after results were announced. Four years before that, in the religiously mixed northern city of Kaduna, 800 people were killed in election violence. A spreadsheet provided by SBM Intelligence showed that in one incident, seven people were killed in a shoot-out between Nigerian army troops and a gang in Abonnema, around 14 km 9 miles west of the main oil industry city of Port Harcourt in the oil hub of Rivers state. The Situation Room which represents more than 70 civil society groups gave Sunday's figure of 39 deaths, citing data from Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence.
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