Nigeria on Sunday awaited results from its presidential election as civil society groups warned that disorganisation and violence may have undermined the polls. While INEC said it was “generally satisfied” with the vote, polling stretched into Saturday evening in areas where equipment failed to function or arrive on time. It also remained unclear what INEC would do about the 8,500 polling places where voting wasn’t possible. Civil society groups monitoring the vote reported 16 deaths from election-linked violence in eight of Nigeria’s 36 states. But with Buhari and Abubakar both northern Muslims, that could split the northern vote, making southern states a key battleground.

Source: The Guardian February 24, 2019 10:52 UTC