Source: Bomb kills 8 at election office in central Nigeria
A bomb exploded Friday at the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Suleja in central Nigeria, officials said, just one day before the country is set to start voting in national elections.
A government official, who was not authorized to speak on the record about fatalities, told CNN eight people died in the attack.
Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, said more than seven people were seriously injured.
The blast is the latest in a string of bombings, riots and assassinations in Nigeria ahead of what has turned out to be the most expensive election in Africa’s history.