HMIC Alh. Lai Mohammed addressing a Press Conference at the National Press Center, Radio House, Garki, Abuja. Nigeria’s government on Monday warned about an increase in violence before next month’s elections, accusing the main opposition of trying to foment unrest to jeopardise the vote. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government had “credible intelligence” that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was orchestrating “widespread violence”. The party was trying to whip up unrest with a view to cutting short the elections, thereby triggering “a constitutional crisis that could snowball into the establishment of an interim government”, he told a news conference in Abuja. The PDP dismissed the claims as “irresponsible and ludicrous”. Africa’s most populous nation goes to the polls to elect a new president and parliament on February 16, with a close race expected between the two main parties. Nigerian elections are often turbulent affairs, frequently marked by alle...