Almost 25 million people cast a ballot in Nigeria’s presidential election in a vote that was largely peaceful but marked by long delays and the slow arrival of online results, angering voters and opposition parties, who have alleged vote-rigging.
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Last week, the electoral commission said it was pushing back polling to elect state governors due to problems with the digital voting system experienced on 25 February. 

Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of the presidential election with 8.8m votes.Peter Obi, the third-party candidate, is now contesting the result in the country’s highest court of appeal. The Labour party candidate, who for many, especially young voters, represented hope for change, said the election “will go down as one of the most controversial elections ever conducted in Nigeria”. The ruling party denied manipulating results.

We spoke to five young Nigerians about how they felt about last month’s election, the results and their hopes for the future.

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