Voting: A very personal diary

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By Azu Ishiekwene

I WOKE up several times peeping for the first sign of dawn before my phone finally rang at ten-past-six. A family friend who suspected we would be voting at the same place wanted to know if I was already at the booth because she couldn’t find it.

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A woman wearing a veil votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections, on February 23, 2019, at a polling station in Daura, Katsina State, northwestern Nigeria. – Nigerians began voting for a new president on February 23, after a week-long delay that has raised political tempers, sparked conspiracy claims and stoked fears of violence. Some 120,000 polling stations began opening from 0700 GMT, although there were indications of a delay in the delivery of some materials and deployment of staff, AFP reporters said. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

I missed her call. When I called back about 15 minutes later, she had found the polling booth and was number 96. This was at six-thirty when the orange shafts of…



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