Was it a fair vote?
The big loser in Nigeria plans to challenge the results of the presidential poll. Well, if your opponent won 98% of the vote in a state, wouldn't you challenge? Similar challenges after the previous presidential election (by all reports much more suspicious than this one), went nowhere.[BTW, if you go to the BBC News site, the map includes great illustrations of the coinciding cleavages that reinforce each other and keep Nigeria divided.]
Buhari party to challenge results
The runner-up in Nigeria's presidential poll, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said there were widespread irregularities in Saturday's election.
There were areas in the south where his supporters were not allowed to vote, the ex-military leader told US radio.
But he said his party would challenge the result legally and urged calm after riots broke out in the north when Goodluck Jonathan, a southerner, won...
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:11 AM
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