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The Guardian - UK
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Richard Assheton in Lagos

Nigeria postpones state elections amid dispute over presidential vote

A man walks past a campaign banner for the Labour party candidate for governor, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, in Lagos
A man walks past a campaign banner for the Labour party candidate for governor, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, in Lagos. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images

Nigeria has postponed Saturday’s crucial state elections amid wrangling over a presidential vote that opposition parties claim was rigged.

The electoral commission emerged from an hours-long meeting on Wednesday night to announce it was pushing back polls to elect powerful state governors by a week.

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