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Nigerian Court Upholds President's February Election Win

Agence France-Presse

   ABUJA - A Nigerian court on Wednesday upheld President Muhammadu
   Buhari's election victory earlier this year, dismissing a request by
   opposition parties to overturn the result over claims of voting
   irregularities.

   Buhari, 76, won a second term with 56 percent of the February poll,
   which was long delayed and marred by violence.

   Former vice president Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition People's
   Democratic Party (PDP), who came in second with 41 percent, immediately
   called the result a "sham." Opposition parties lodged a legal challenge
   against the result in March.

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