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Obasanjo extends emergency
18/04/2007 22:15 - (SA)
Abuja - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo extended on Wednesday till May 29 the six-month state of emergency his government had imposed in the southwestern state of Ekiti.
The situation in Ekiti "could snowball into a complete state of anarchy and lawlessness that could spread to neighbouring states", he said in a nationwide television broadcast.
His decision follows widespread violence across Nigeria following last weekend's local elections and ahead of Saturday's presidential polls.
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