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Nigeria's ruling party wins poll | BBC
Nigeria's ruling party wins poll


Despite some violence, voting was
more peaceful than predicted


Nigeria's ruling People Democratic Party (PDP) has won a sweeping victory in local elections during which almost 50 people died.

President Olusegun Obasanjo's party now controls almost all levels of government across the country.

The local elections were marred with claims of massive rigging and recorded a very low turn out.

The opposition won elections in the predominantly Muslim states in the north-west of the country.

The PDP won 25 of the 30 states where the elections were held but lost in the key states of Kano, Zamfara and Sokoto.

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