Nigeria lawmaker arrested with nearly $500,000 ahead of vote

Nigerian voters are heading to the polls Saturday to select a new president following the second and final term of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari

Three front-runners have emerged from a field of 18 presidential candidates, including the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu and the main opposition party’s Atiku Abubakar. Most polls have favored Peter Obi, a third-party hopeful.

At the same time, there have been doubts about the ability of Nigerian authorities to curb the influence of money in the country’s elections.

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