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Nigeria's Buhari promises fairness in anticipated election

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday. [AP photo]

Nigeria's president said Wednesday that the 18 candidates vying to become his successor will run in a "free and fair" election next year.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told the U.N. General Assembly that his goal before leaving office is to entrench "a process of free, fair and transparent and credible elections through which Nigerians elect leaders of their choice."

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