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Nigeria may delay February vote if card distribution too low

Abuja: Nigeria may delay its Feb. 14 presidential election if the electoral commission cannot distribute enough voter I.D. cards by Feb. 8, an electoral commissioner told Reuters on Wednesday.

The hotly contested poll will pit President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling People's Democratic Party against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.

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