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Nigeria votes amid violence in first round April elections
Voters across Nigeria pressed inked fingers to ballots despite bombings and clashes as opposition parties gain ground on the ruling PDP. A radical Islamic sect attack in the northeast left a hotel ablaze and a politician dead amid bombings at a polling site and counting center. Jega noted reports of ballot box theft and delays due to misprinted ballots and missing names, while observers praised measures to fix issues from last week. In Ibadan some polling places ran short of ballot papers, prompting voters to leave without voting.
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Ibadan
Nigeria
National Assembly
People’s Democratic Party
Niger
Attahiru Jega
Jega
Dan Fisk
The
International Republican Institute
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Associated Press
Lagos