lagos, Nigeria (cnn) , concerned about the persistence of violence, election officials Nigerian Thursday delayed gubernatorial elections in two States.
Voters in Bauchi and Kaduna States will now be at the polls on April 28, said Attahiru Mr. Jega, President of the independent National Electoral Commission. Elections will continue on April 26 in other States.
"It is to allow cooling more disputes and the security situation in the States to improve," said Jega.
The development came after Goodluck Jonathan, who was declared winner in the recent presidential election, warned the authors of post-election violence that "enough is enough." He said that the unrest in a series of elections brings back memories of the events leading to the civil war of the 1960s in the nation.
Jonathan, who was then as holder, is originally from the oil-rich region, which is the Christian majority.
Some parts of the accused predominantly Muslim north that elections have been rigged. The demonstrators armed the feral area the streets chanting the name of the former military leader Muhammadu Buhari, the favorite of the main opposition.
"We are shocked by these horrific acts, strike at the heart of our nation," Jonathan said in a statement Thursday. "These acts of disorder are sad reminders of the events that plunged our country into an unfortunate civil war of 30 months."
Muslims, fearing reprisals in the Christian regions have fled to neighbouring States or military barracks, said the Red Cross from Nigeria.
More than 40 000 people are displaced in the North, according to the help group. Government officials have refused to release the number of deaths and injuries by fear, could inspire revenge attacks.
Jonathan has urged demonstrators to avoid violence, saying "enough is enough".
"There is... no grievance that our laws and our courts cannot answer," he said.
Jonathan warning comes two days after he promised a "new dawn" in the following cases nation vote hailed as a significant improvement in past polls.
The last election four years ago has been widely condemned for rampant vote, violence, theft of ballot rigging and intimidation. While the Saturday election was marked by violence, reports of minors in voting and other observers, logistical problems he considered to be an improvement.
Action Congress of Nigeria, opposition party, Thursday, called the presidential "elections rigged more systematically in the history of Nigeria" and warned against a repetition in the elections of Governors next week.
"President Jonathan should call its dogs of war on the PDP (Democratic People's Party) to order, so that they will not push their luck in seeking to thwart the will of the people any more than they have already done, with the grim consequences which we now see, ", said the party.
Leaders of the world have asked the West African nation to probe allegations of ballot stuffing paper and exceptionally high in some areas participation.
Nigeria is the largest producer of oil in Africa and its most populous nation with 150 million people.
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