Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tight race with three frontrunners competing for the first time in the country’s modern history.
Nearly 90 million people are eligible to vote, with many Nigerians saying they hoped the new leader of Africa’s most populous democracy would tackle a security crisis, the sluggish economy and widening poverty.
Buhari, a former army commander, steps down after two terms in office, with many critics saying he failed in his promises to make Nigeria a safer and less corrupt country. “This is more credible than the previous elections,” Abubakar said, voting in his hometown in Yola, northeast Adamawa State.The emergence of a surprise third candidate appealing to young voters, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, 61, has thrown the race open with his campaign for change.
Cash and fuel shortages in the run-up to the election have also left many Nigerians angry and struggling more than usual in a country already hit by more than 20 percent inflation.
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