Tension high as Nigerians go to the polls
Tens of thousands of police and army troops guarded voting stations today as Nigerians cast ballots in tense municipal elections already marred by assassinations and other deadly attacks.
Voters straggled to polling stations shortly after 8am (7am Irish time) in the commercial capital of Lagos, where candidates were vying for more than 50 of 800 municipal government posts across Nigeria.
