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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8449

25 April 2003
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nigeria
European mission observing 19 April elections notes irregularities and massive fraud

Brussels, 24/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - Preliminary conclusions of EU electoral observer mission in Nigeria casts doubt over the validity of election results from 19 April - Presidential elections, which saw a return to power for the incumbent President Olusegun Obassanjo, and that the governors in this federal state.

According to these initial conclusions, the elections have been marred by serious irregularities throughout the country and cases of fraud in at least 11 states. A quarter of...

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