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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 828676" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2011/04/nigeria-demonst.html" target="_blank">Nigeria Demonstrates How Muslims Lose Elections</a>Deadly rioting erupted across Nigeria&#039;s largely Muslim north&nbsp; on Monday as youths torched churches and homes in anger at President&nbsp; Goodluck Jonathan&#039;s election victory.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jonathan, the first president from the oil producing Niger&nbsp; Delta, was declared the winner with around 57 percent of votes. He&nbsp; defeated Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler from the north, who&nbsp; got around 31 percent.&nbsp;&nbsp; Observers have called the poll the fairest in decades in Africa&#039;s most populous nationBut to Muslims, an election is only valid if they win. If they don&#039;t, there is violence. The Muslim north went up in flames:&nbsp;&quot;In Kaduna we have seen dead bodies lying by the road,&quot;&nbsp; Red Cross official Umar Mairiga told Reuters. &quot;Two thousand people have&nbsp; been displaced at one military camp alone.&quot;&nbsp; Authorities in the northern state of Kaduna imposed a&nbsp; 24-hour curfew after protesters set fire to the residence of Vice&nbsp; President Namadi Sambo in the town of Zaria and forced their way into&nbsp; the central prison, releasing inmates.
Police said the violence was political rather than ethnic or religious.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 828676, member: 12952"] [B][URL="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2011/04/nigeria-demonst.html"]Nigeria Demonstrates How Muslims Lose Elections[/URL][/B] [INDENT]Deadly rioting erupted across Nigeria's largely Muslim north on Monday as youths torched churches and homes in anger at President Goodluck Jonathan's election victory.[/INDENT] [INDENT]Jonathan, the first president from the oil producing Niger Delta, was declared the winner with around 57 percent of votes. He defeated Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler from the north, who got around 31 percent.[/INDENT] Observers have called the poll the fairest in decades in Africa's most populous nation But to Muslims, an election is only valid if they win. If they don't, there is violence. The Muslim north went up in flames: [INDENT]"In Kaduna we have seen dead bodies lying by the road," Red Cross official Umar Mairiga told Reuters. "Two thousand people have been displaced at one military camp alone."[/INDENT] [INDENT]Authorities in the northern state of Kaduna imposed a 24-hour curfew after protesters set fire to the residence of Vice President Namadi Sambo in the town of Zaria and forced their way into the central prison, releasing inmates. Police said the violence was political rather than ethnic or religious. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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