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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's president said Sunday he put security forces on high alert ahead of crucial elections and threatened to "clamp down heavily" on anyone threatening to undermine the vote.
Voters head to the polls Saturday to elect their local and state lawmakers and again a week later to cast ballots for the national legislature and president, a vote meant to give Nigeria its first-ever civilian-to-civilian transfer of power.
Previous electoral transitions in the country — Africa's most populous nation with 140 million people and its largest oil producer — have been interrupted by annulments or military coups.
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