The Nigerian Civil Society Room has decried reports of death and vote buying during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the group which is monitoring the elections said it had received reports that a total of 16 persons were killed across eight states during the exercise.
Six people were killed in the southern state of Rivers, which has long been a flashpoint for violence, while two others were killed in neighbouring Bayelsa.
Two people were killed in Borno and Yobe states in the northeast; two in the north-central state of Kogi; and two in Ebonyi, in the southeast.
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One person was killed in Zamfara, in the northwest, and another in Lagos, in the southwest, which also saw ballot boxes and papers set on fire, the monitors said.
The group also noted that there were reports of vote-buying in six states – Lagos, Niger, Edo, Kwara, Kano and Katsina.
It, however, thanked Nigerians for defying the various challenges just to exercise their civic responsibility.
The group also called on INEC to do everything to ensure that voters are not disenfranchised and address the outstanding logistical challenges.
