At stake is Africa’s largest economy and largest democracy, that is experiencing a demographic boom that could make Nigeria the world’s third most populous country by 2050. The results of Saturday’s vote have made their way to compilation centres, where election workers hunch over calculators and scribble totals under party agents’ watchful eyes. With a surge in candidates — 73 this time, after 14 in 2015 — simply going through results party-by-party could prolong the process. While more than 800 people were killed after Nigeria’s 2011 election, the 2015 vote was one of the country’s most peaceful and transparent. In the northern state of Kano, Nigeria’s second largest, some have warned of unrest if Abubakar pulls off an upset win.

Source: thestar February 25, 2019 09:11 UTC