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Violent attacks threaten Nigeria’s upcoming 2023 elections

FILE- A baby sleeps on his mother's back as women queue in line to cast their votes in the village of Tumfafi, near Kano, in northern Nigeria Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE- An electoral worker checks ballot boxes at the electoral commission office in Yola, Nigeria, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE- Police officers secured the entrance to the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yola, Nigeria, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE- A Nigerian policeman provides security at the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kano, northern Nigeria Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) Nigeria police officers and Civil Defence provides security during an election campaign of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria's ruling party, ahead of 2023 Presidential elections in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Violent attacks threaten Nigeria’s upcoming 2023 elections