Nigerians wake to find a delayed election, with some angry
16/2/2019 17:41
Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified "challenges."
The postponement was announced a mere five hours before the polls were to open. The top two political parties in Africa's largest democracy condemned the last-minute rescheduling.
Some bitter voters in the capital, Abuja, and elsewhere who traveled home to cast their ballots said they could not afford to wait another seven days. They warned that election apathy could follow.
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