Vote counting started following local elections in Nigeria on Saturday, three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll that the opposition said was marred by fraud.
With President Muhammadu Buhari stepping down in May after two terms, many hoping for change were disappointed in the way elections were conducted last month, a sentiment which could impact the local poll.
Both the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party of the opposition are contesting the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 election in a legal battle that could extend over several months. "I am pleased with the counting so far. The election has been free and fair. I hope INEC will do what is normal and declare the rightful candidate as the winner," said 25-year-old nurse Bimpe Adepeju.Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor and ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, is seeking re-electionEarlier in the day, heavy security was seen deployed across the city of some 20 million people.
While her candidate lost the presidential race, the first-time voter said she sees"this election too as an opportunity for a change". Whether the growing popularity of Obi, who came third after Abubakar, will translate at the governorship and local assembly levels remains to be seen. In Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria and second biggest pool of voters after Lagos, many residents said voting had started on time and that electoral staff appeared better prepared than in February.
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