LAGOS: Nigeria´s electoral commission on Saturday staged mock biometric accreditation for voters ahead of this month´s presidential and parliamentary elections.
Nigerians go to the polls on February 25 to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari who steps down after the maximum constitutionally-permissible two terms in office.
State governors and lawmakers will be elected two weeks later.
Nigeria, Africa´s most populous nation and biggest economy, has a long history of electoral malpractice, fraud and violence.
Buhari, a 79-year-old former general, has promised free and fair elections.
To promote fairness, credibility and transparency of the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) introduced a voter accreditation system at 2015 and 2019 polls.
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