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		</div><p>Gunfire and explosions have opened Nigeria’s delayed election as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term.</p>
<p>The vote, widely seen as too close to call, was also marred by hours-long delays at polling stations across the vast West African country.</p>
<p>Police said they triggered the blasts in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, shortly before polls opened in a show of force to deter the Islamic extremists that plague the north east.</p>
<p>But security sources said a rocket hit a displaced persons’ camp, while a blast at an army garrison killed one solider and injured four others.</p>
<p>The army also confirmed a “futile” attack on a security outpost in Geidam in Yobe state.</p>
<p>Voting turnout appeared to be light as authorities tried to calm panicked, sceptical residents.</p>
<p>Gunfire also was heard in Port Harcourt in Nigeria’s restive south, where the military presence was heavier than in past elections.</p>
<p>One convoy in Delta state contained more than 25 vehicles with battle-ready soldiers.</p>
<p>Later in the day, soldiers in Rivers state fired on suspected ballot snatchers, with four people arrested.</p>
<p>Mr Buhari brushed aside reporters’ questions about whether he would accept a loss to top challenger Atiku Abubakar, a billionaire former vice president.</p>
<p>The president, first in line to vote in his northern hometown of Daura, jokingly checked the name on his wife’s ballot.</p>
<p>Nigerians “are behaving themselves”, the president said.</p>
<p>A smiling Mr Abubakar, after voting in his hometown of Yola in the north east, told reporters that “I look forward to a successful transition”.</p>
<p>He previously pledged to accept the results, provided they are credible.</p>
<p>Mr Buhari called the voting process smooth, but a coalition of civic groups said multiple polling units had not opened more than four hours after the official start.</p>
<p>Delays were reported in Delta, Anambra and Akwa Ibom states as well as in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city.</p>
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