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The government, therefore, challenged those who made the claims come forward with a proof of such killings.The State Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba, threw the challenge while addressing a news conference in Kano.

“The People’s Democratic Party claimed that two persons were killed in Nasarawa Local Government Area but we went to the area and Nasarawa Hospital as well, but we were not able to get report of any death. He also debunked the rumours that there was protest after the election results were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission .

“The desperation of the opposition to discredit the election was the reason why they continued to spread all sorts of rumours and lies on social media platform to misinform the public,” he said.The commissioner said that the supplementary election was generally peaceful besides two incidents which were quickly addressed by the security agents in the affected areas.

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