Nigeria to Hold Election Despite Call for Delay
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ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigerian presidential election, the first in a decade in Africa’s most populous country, will go ahead today as planned despite a court ruling ordering a postponement, officials said Friday.
The United States earlier had told Nigeria, a key African ally and oil supplier, that it would be gravely concerned by any further delay in the return to civilian rule.
A court ruled Thursday night that the first presidential poll since 1983 should wait until the full hearing of a petition by a group wanting President Ibrahim Babangida to stay in power until 1997.
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