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 PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerians chose state leaders Saturday in elections meant to help ensure democratic rule, but ballot-stuffing and other irregularities were on open display in the oil-producing south, where violence left more than a dozen people dead.
The election for state lawmakers and governors is a crucial test of Nigeria's electoral system ahead of a presidential vote on April 21 setting up the first-ever transfer of power between two elected leaders in Africa's most populous nation.
Balloting unfolded relatively peacefully in most parts of the country of 140 million people, even as many waited for hours in front of polling stations that opened late, with faulty voter-registration rolls.
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