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Namadi Sambo following elections and raided a prison, freeing a number of inmates, residents said.
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on the state of Kaduna, where Zaria is located, the state government announced.
The palace of the emir of Zaria, one of the most influential traditional rulers in the north, was also said to have been set alight.
“It’s been a rampage today here,” said resident Mahmud Aliyu. “Protesters have burnt down the residence of the vice president and the palace of the emir as well as raided the prison and set many prisoners free.”
Other residents and the state news agency also reported that Sambo’s house was burnt and the prison was raided.
Riots spread across the north yesterday as poll results showed President Goodluck Jonathan set to be declared winner of Saturday’s presidential elections.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party in Nigerian presidential elections has filed a challenge to results that show incumbent Goodluck Jonathan winning, amid accusations of rigging, party officials said.
“There are a lot of irregularities, for example in Kaduna and Sokoto,” said Tony Momoh, chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change, the party of main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari.
“These are written in the letter that we wrote to (the electoral commission).”
A spokesman for the electoral commission, Kayode Idowu, confirmed the complaint had been submitted, and a CPC party agent in Abuja said they hoped to have it examined before a winner is pronounced.
“In places in eastern and (southern) Nigeria and a few states in the north and southwest, the election is heavily rigged,” the party agent, Hadi Sirika, told reporters. – AFP.
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