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Nigeria Census Ends With Many Uncounted

Monday, March 27, 2006 9:38:31 PM
By BASHIR ADIGUN

Micheal Owoyemi, second from right, takes census data of an unidentified fishermen in Apese village in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, March 27, 2006.  A census ended Monday in Nigeria with many citizens of Africa's most-populous nation still uncounted in a tally that will help determine how federal revenues are apportioned among the oil-producing giant's states. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A weeklong census ended Monday in Nigeria as workers scrambled to tally everyone across Africa's most-populous nation, but many remained uncounted in the exercise, marred by violence and the lack of forms, census takers and money.

At least 15 people died in violence related to the count.

Police said they clashed with separatists opposed to the census in the country's southeast, while two communities in the southwest fought a deadly clash in a land dispute sparked by the count.


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