(YOLA, Nigeria) — Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified “challenges.” The top candidates condemned the decision and blamed each other but appealed to Africa’s largest democracy for calm, while they rushed back to the capital to learn more about what went wrong. The postponement was announced a mere five hours before the polls were to open.
Nigeria’s Presidential Election Has Been Delayed Due To Unspecified ‘challenges’
RODNEY MUHUMUZA and HILARY UGURU / AP, Time
Sat, 02/16/2019 - 7:58am
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