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Nigeria opposition rejects presidential vote in oil state

Nigeria: Confusion and violence blighted Nigeria's tensest presidential election since the end of army rule, with the opposition rejecting results from a turbulent southern state even before they have been announced.

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state accused supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan of being behind killings of its campaigners, and denounced the vote there as "a sham and a charade".

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