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 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - President Olusegun Obasanjo said in remarks released Tuesday that Nigeria's deeply flawed weekend presidential elections should not be voided and asked observers not to judge his country by developed-world standards.
The political opposition has rejected the Saturday vote, won by Umaru Yar'Adua of Obasanjo's ruling party, that local and international observers said was not credible after massive improprieties, including ballot-box stuffing.
Obasanjo reiterated his acknowledgment that the vote had been flawed, but said "the magnitude does not make the results null and void."
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