Sentences with phrase «pocket of violence»

The elections, though largely successful, were not without pockets of violence in some constituencies across the country.

This comes after election observers raised concerns about pockets of violence witnessed across the country during the recent limited voters registration exercise.

President Buhari was said to be unhappy with the APC in Bayelsa State and its governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva over the reported pockets of violence during the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA.

«This is a challenging situation with small pockets of violence, looting and disorder breaking out on a number of boroughs.

Speaking through his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, «even though there were reports of malfunctioning of card readers, number of votes exceeding the number of accredited voters, and pockets of violence as well as buying of votes, the election was better than others conducted by INEC under the present government of the APC.»

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has met the various political parties over recent pockets of violence that have characterized the limited voter registration exercise in the region.

He further opined that the cost of compiling a new voters» register is cheaper than the cost of pockets of violence.

There were pockets of violence and irregularities but the polls were generally peaceful.

On the pockets of violence that marred the primaries in some constituencies, the NPP said there is however «the need for political parties to come together to brainstorm on new measures and rules of engagement that can limit these negative occurrences during primaries or elections in general.»

Except for some pockets of violence in some areas, the elections went smoothly.