The United States has condemned voter intimidation and increased violence that marred the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday. This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Tuesday. The rescheduled Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections were held in 28 states and 36 states, respectively, amid increased violence and voter intimidation when compared with the Presidential and National Assembly polls held on February 25. Despite the massive deployment of security agencies in many strategic locations, there was widespread violence in many states of the federation. The US said despite that the March 18 elections appeared to have had significant operational improvements, as polling stations generally opened on time and most results were visible on an electronic viewing platform in a timely manner, there were increased violence in Lagos, Kano and other reported states. However, it commended stakeholders who spoke against the violenc
