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Politics
Ope Adetayo, Eromo Egbejule

Nigerians wait anxiously as election results collation continues

Electoral results are read out at the National Collation Center in Abuja, Nigeria Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 [Ben Curtis/AP Photo]

Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria – Two days after Nigerians voted in presidential and parliamentary elections, there is growing anxiety over the slow collation of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The process entered its second day on Monday without a prospective winner in sight as Nigerians wait with bated breath to see who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari, whose eight-year rule at the head of Africa’s biggest democracy is ending.

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