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Nigeria's presidential and regional elections fell below international standards and levels set in previous polls in the country, a U.S.-based monitoring group said on Sunday.
ABUJA, April 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's presidential and regional elections fell below international standards and levels set in previous polls in the country, a U.S.-based monitoring group said on Sunday.
"Nigeria's April 14 and April 21 elections fall below the standards set by previous Nigerian elections and international standards witnessed by IRI around the globe," said the International Republican Institute, a pro-democracy group which monitored the vote.