election officials in Nigeria started counting ballots Polling stations were also closed across the country on Saturday.
Nigerians introduced out to cast votes early Saturday for a new President of the Federal House of Representatives and the Senate.
was scheduled to vote for start by 8:30 a.m. and accreditation ended by 2:30 p.m., according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The head of the Independent Electoral Commission, Mahmoud Yacoub, said the vote in cutting of Edo South State has been suspended for some infractions.
There were some issues related to violence in esp state. We have resolved to suspend the House of Representatives of Election of deputies in the area. Elections will now be held there simultaneously with Conservative survey on March 11,” Jacobo announced at a press conference in The capital of the nation is Abuja.
Election official Voting is being delayed until the evening because many voters are still out, Suleiman Abdeslam said in the queue.
“We have instructions for voter accreditation who We are on the queue Between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and allow vote them, he told Anadolu Agency.
Three competitors
the success of Nigeria vote Will watch closely in West Africa where coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and the growing militancy took over the democratic region back a step.
Whoever wins the presidency of Nigeria must run the largest country in Africa economy besieged by a host of complicated problemsFrom a devastating terrorist war, bandit militias and separatists to high inflation and widespread poverty.
But Saturday vote It went ahead mostly peacefully.
Several polling stations have been looted in Lagos, according to the Independent Electoral Commission, voting in 141 polling units in You will take the southern state of Bayelsa place on Sunday after polling was disrupted.
Voters will also They vote for Two houses in Nigeria of parliament, the National Assembly and the Senate.
Bukhari, A.; former Army chief steps down after two years terms in officef with critics saying it failed in His promises to make Nigeria safer.
APC candidate Tinubu, 70, a longtime political kingmaker, says “It’s my turn” for Presidency. He can count on APC Structure and Policy network.
He faces a familiar challenger – Democratic Progressive Party candidate Abubakar, 76, who He is on His sixth attempt for Top job and promote it business experience.
But both are symbols of the old guard who They fought off past accusations of corruption.
the emergence of A surprising third candidate appeals to him young voters, Obi of the Labor Party, 61, has thrown the race Opens with for him campaign as a candidate of changes.
Lack of liquidity
fuel and cash deficiency caused by exchanging banknotes in the run-up for election also left many Nigerians struggling more ususally in country already hit by more From 20% hypertrophy.
to win Presidency, the candidate should get the most votesbut also win 25 percent in two-thirds of The 36 states of Nigeria.
If no candidate wins, a runoff will take place place Within 21 days between two front-runners – an unprecedented result that some analysts say is likely this time around.
the rules It reflects a country roughly evenly divided among a Muslim majority north and the south, which is predominantly Christian, and with three main Ethnic groups across regions: the Yoruba in Southwest, Hausa/Fulani in the north and Igbo in Southeast.
vote also It often falls along ethnic and religious lines: Tinubu is a southern Yoruba Muslim, Abubakar is an ethnic Fulani Muslim from the northeast and Obi is an Igbo Christian from the southeast.
