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Voting continues in Nigeria, a day after polls due to close

The congregation attendsa church service at the Celestial Church of Christ in the Makoko area of Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Electoral workers collate results manually at a center in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Nigerian police sit in the back of a truck as they protect a collation center which was engaged in collating results manually, in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A woman prays during a service at the First African Church Mission in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Electoral workers collate results manually at a center in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Nigerian police protect a collation center which was engaged in collating results manually, in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Nigeria's Labour party candidate Peter Obi speaks to journalists before casting his vote during the presidential elections in Agulu, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Voters in Africa's most populous nation are heading to the polls Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy) Newspapers are displayed at a street vendor at an intersection in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Nigerians voted Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Nigerian children attend a special church service, while their parents attend another in a building nearby, at the Celestial Church of Christ in the Makoko area of Lagos, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People were still voting across Nigeria Sunday morning, the day after Africa's most populous nation was supposed to have completed elections, as logistical and security challenges caused widespread delays. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Police officers patrol the area at the entrance of the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yola, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Nigerians voted Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) People discuss Saturday's election as they look at newspapers from a street vendor at an intersection in Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Nigerians voted Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Electoral officials gather election documents, at the Local Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yola, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People are still voting across Nigeria, one day after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls to vote for presidential and parliamentary elections. Votes are being cast in Benue, Adamawa and Bayelsa states, while ballots are being tallied in places where voting is complete, with preliminary results expected as early as Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Electoral officials check election documents, at the Local Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yola, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People are still voting across Nigeria, one day after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls to vote for presidential and parliamentary elections. Votes are being cast in Benue, Adamawa and Bayelsa states, while ballots are being tallied in places where voting is complete, with preliminary results expected as early as Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Electoral officials check election documents, at the Local Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yola, Nigeria Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. People are still voting across Nigeria, one day after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls to vote for presidential and parliamentary elections. Votes are being cast in Benue, Adamawa and Bayelsa states, while ballots are being tallied in places where voting is complete, with preliminary results expected as early as Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, center, accompanied by his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, right, speaks to the media after casting his vote in the presidential elections in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Voters in Africa's most populous nation are heading to the polls Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People's Democratic party, Nigeria's opposition party, centre, waves to his supporters after a traditional Friday prayers at the Moddibo Adama Mosque in Yola Nigeria, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. On Feb. 25, voters will choose among 18 candidates in a first-round vote to succeed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, but despite being Africa's largest economy and and one of its top oil producers, Nigeria is in economic crisis. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Voting continues in Nigeria, a day after polls due to close