Abuja At least 200 people have been killed and thousands displaced in post-election violence in Nigeria, a civil rights group said today, as the loosing Muslim candidate General Muhammadu Buhari alleged rigging.
Buhari also vowed in a statement seen by PTI to recover "a stolen mandate" a declaration interpreted by analysts to mean that the former military dictator may be going to court to challenge the outcome of the election.
The violence erupted close on the heels of incumbent Goodluck Jonathan emerging victorious in Presidential polls.
Civil Rights Congress (CRC) in an emailed statement here signed by its president, Shehu Sani said his members and staff were able to arrive at the figure rigorously despite restriction of movement in northern Nigeria.
The CRC put the death toll in post-election violence at 200. PTI
