New York Times: Nigeria Opposition Rejects Election as Winner Declared

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"The candidate of the governing People’s Democratic Party, Umaru Yar’Adua, has won the presidential election in Nigeria, according to party officials.

Partial results from Saturday’s election, which was marred by widespread fraud, violence and chaos, showed landslide victories for Mr. Yar’Adua in several states.

The European Union election observer criticized the conduct of the election and questioned the legitimacy of the results, which handed huge victories to the governing party.

Max van den Berg, chief observer for the mission, said at a news conference Monday that the elections “have fallen far short of basic international and regional standard for elections.”
The process, he concluded, “cannot be considered to have been credible.”"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/world/africa/23cnd-Nigeria.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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