As crises spiral, Nigerians are voting in tight presidential election

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Third-party candidate Peter Obi is looking to upset contenders from Nigeria’s two main political parties: Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerians are heading to the polls Saturday in the country’s most closely contested presidential race in recent history, with a third-party candidate running neck-and-neck in opinion surveys with the candidates from Nigeria’s two main political parties.

Analysts warn that Obi faces long odds. Among the 18 presidential candidates on the ballot, the other two top contenders are Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a 70-year-old former Lagos governor who has Buhari’s backing, and Atiku Abubakar, a 76-year-old former vice president on his sixth bid for the presidency. Nigeria’s population of 220 million is projected to grow to more than 400 million by 2050, which would make it the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India. What happens here will have ripple effects in the region and world, including on global migration patterns.Injecting a new uncertainty into Election Day is a nationwide shortage of cash that has further crippled Nigeria’s economy in recent weeks.

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