Attahiru Jega made the announcement Saturday as the nation should have been voting. But in many areas, ballot papers and results sheets never made it to polling places.
Several states stopped their polls because of such problems, leading to a breakout of violence in one city.
Jega says: "It is an emergency."
Saturday's election was scheduled to decide who should occupy seats in the country's National Assembly, positions worth more than $1 million in salaries and perks. It also was the true test for Nigeria's electoral commission to prove it could overcome the nation's history of flawed polls. Read More: http://indepthafrica.com/nigeria/?p=5904
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