🇳🇬 GATHERING AND CONVOY ATTACKS ACCOUNTED FOR 69% OF ELECTION-RELATED INCIDENTS IN NIGERIA — OCT 2026
Type — Incidents (Share)
Gathering or convoy attacks — 11 (68.75%)
Attacks on individuals — 2 (12.50%)
Attacks on property — 2 (12.50%)
Restrictions on gatherings — 1 (6.25%)
Attacks on political gatherings and convoys dominated election-related incidents, accounting for 11 of the 16 cases. The remaining five involved attacks on individuals, property and restrictions on gatherings.
NB: Attacks on individuals tied with attacks on property at 2 incidents each. The one restriction involved the blocked Obi–Kwankwaso march in Abuja. Percentages are shares of the 16 incidents.
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