Killings: US Consul-General calls for end to violence in Rivers

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(Nigeria)  The United States  Consul-General to Nigeria, John Bray has called for an end to the violence and deaths associated  with the Presidential and National  Assembly elections in Rivers  State.
Addressing journalists at  the Government House, Port Harcourt on Sunday after a meeting with Rivers State Governor,  Ezenwo Wike, the International Diplomat decried the violence  that greeted the polls in some parts of the state.
It will be recalled that soldiers  of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army unleashed  violence  on Abonnema in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state where they killed 15 innocent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. members.  The military also killed two PDP Agents in Emohua Local  Government Area on Saturday. 
He said: "I am here as an international observer.  We have been watching  elections in Rivers State.
"I am not here to grade elections or anything like  that. I am just here to say that there has been enough violence.
"Enough people have died. I am here today to speak with all the different candidates and party leaders."

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