ONITSHA Nigeria (Reuters) - Large numbers of Nigerians voted on Saturday in a local election that officials said was peaceful and fair, in what is likely to be seen as a reassuring sign for next year's national poll.
The vote for governor of southwestern Ekiti state is seen as a barometer for President Goodluck Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP), which is likely to see its sternest test in 2015 since sweeping to power after the end of military rule in 1998.
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