Officials in an oil-rich state in Nigeria have conducted a rerun gubernatorial election.
The election Thursday comes after courts annulled the 2007 vote that made Emmanuel Uduaghan, a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party, governor of Delta state. The courts last year found significant irregularities in that election.
A police spokesman said more than 20,000 officers patrolled the state Thursday, located in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Kayode Idowu, a spokesman for Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission, said polls opened at 9 a.m. and closed by 3 p.m. Idowu said results would be tallied statewide within 24 hours.
Idowu acknowledged there could be "isolated incidents" marring the vote. Elections in Nigeria remained mired in vote-rigging, violence and political thuggery.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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Delta State: Re-Run Elections Concluded
Delta State: Re-Run Elections Concluded
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Thursday, January 06, 2011
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