Violence Critical

Youth corps members killed in Bauchi after the 2011 vote

Ten National Youth Service Corps members who had served as election staff were killed in the post-election violence in Bauchi State.

Where: Giade, Bauchi State
When: 18 Apr 2011
Election: 2011 presidential election
Casualties: 10 NYSC members killed

Corps members of the National Youth Service Corps work as ad hoc polling staff in Nigerian elections. During the April 2011 post-election riots, ten corps members were killed in Bauchi State, several of them in Giade.

Their deaths led to calls to protect corps members on election duty, and to proposals that those posted to high-risk areas be allowed to serve closer to home.

Sources

Nigeria: Post-Election Violence Killed 800 · Human Rights Watch, 16 May 2011 (hrw.org)

Full storyThe 2011 presidential election: a better-run vote, followed by deadly violence

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