Nigerians go to the polls for the second time in a fortnight for governorship and state assembly elections
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 19, 2017.
During the presidential and parliamentary polling, there were reports of violence, vote-buying, voter intimidation and ballot box vandalism in some states. Delays in voting and disruption in parts of the country saw the PDP and its beaten candidate Atiku Abubakar brand the results a "sham" and take legal action.
Nigeria has a history of electoral violence, particularly volatile Rivers, in the heart of the oil-producing southern delta. Control of the commercial capital is a key prize given its sheer size and role as the main driver of the country's economy.
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