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February 23, 2019
TheHead of the African Union, AU Observation Mission, former Prime Minister ofEthiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn has said that Saturday’s presidential andNational Assembly elections were generally peaceful and orderly.
Desalegnobserved this while leading a team of observers to some polling units in Abujaand said there were a number of observers in major geographic regions acrossthe country.
Theformer Prime Minister said the observation mission was in line with the AfricanCharter for Democracy, Elections and Governance and the charter on ElectionObservation and Code of Conduct.
TheHead of mission said the postponement of the general elections by theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC contributed to the process beingpeaceful, calm and orderly. He also expressed hope in the ability of INEC tosolve the few issues that were identified.
TheHead of Mission was accompanied to Nigeria by a seven-member team includingCommissioner for Political Affairs, AU Commissioners Minata Cessouma who isalso the Deputy Head of Mission.