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[Published: Saturday April 11 2015]

Nigerians choose state governors amid tension
Abuja, 11 Apr - (ANA) - Nigerians have returned to the polls, amid pockets of violence, to elect state governors and assemblies in elections, in which the opposition hopes to make gains following its victory that unseated President Goodluck Jonathan two weeks ago. Tensions are high on Saturday in the south where close contests are expected in Lagos, Nigeria's financial heart and wealthiest state, as well as in the oil-rich southern state of Rivers. Voters are electing 29 governors and other state representatives from all 36 states. Earlier on Saturday, police fired live amunition to control a crowd in Port Harcourt. Voters were angrered because voting materials had not arrived.
Meanwhile, witnesses told the Associated Press news agency that agitators set a polling station ablaze in Rivers state. Rivers is seen as a key prize for both Jonathan's ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC). The opposition APC holds 14 states and Jonathan's party 21. During the March 28 elections, Jonathan lost nationally to the APC's Muhammadu Buhari, who is set to take over as president on May 29. Tensions have been exacerbated by strained relations between the outgoing Rivers governor Rotimi Amaechi, an APC member, and Jonathan. In the Rumuola area of the city, about 50 members of APC, which controls the state, staged a protest alleging fraud on the part of the PDP. "We are protesting that there should be no election in this area because they (the PDP) have changed the ballot papers and results sheets with fake ones," protest leader Kingsley Wuolodi told AFP. (ANA)

FA/ANA/11 April 2015--------
 


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