Article 6982S Nigerians face tense wait in presidential election vote count

Nigerians face tense wait in presidential election vote count

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Jason Burke in Lagos
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Final tally not expected until middle of next week as polling system hit by significant technical problems

Nigeria is in the midst of a tense wait as election authorities count tens of millions of votes that will determine who will become president in Africa's most populous country and control its national assembly.

Voting on Saturday was marred by widespread delays and some scattered violence but fears of widespread chaos proved unfounded.

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