Counting in the vote to elect the governor of the oil-rich southern Nigerian sta...
A man raises a ballot paper during the counting of governorship and state assembly election results in Lagos, Nigeria March 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adelaja Temilade
Voters went the polls on Saturday to choose governors in 29 of Nigeria’s 36 states, two weeks after a presidential vote in which Muhammadu Buhari won a second term at the helm of Africa’s top oil producer and biggest economy. Voting took place across Rivers on Saturday but the Independent National Electoral Commission said in a statement that there had been “widespread disruption” in polling units and collation centers. There were no reports of disruption to oil production.
The state is a stronghold of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party . The PDP governor, Nyesom Wike, was seeking re-election and Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress was banned by a court ruling from fielding a candidate.
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