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Nigeria’s Buhari calls for calm after election delay
ABUJA, Feb 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – President Muhammadu Buhari called for
Nigerians “to refrain from all civil disorder and remain peaceful” after a
last-minute postponement to Saturday’s presidential election where he was
standing for a second term.
Nigeria’s electoral body had in the early morning hours announced a one-
week delay to presidential and legislative elections that were to begin
across Africa’s most-populous country at 0700 GMT on Saturday.
BSS/AFP/RY/1701 hrs