Ahead of Nigeria election, opposition alleges ghost voters
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nigeria's opposition says there are more than 1 million ghost voters on the national register head of Saturday's presidential election.
Uche Secondus, the chairman of the opposition People's Democratic Party, told a news conference in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday that the electoral commission "did not in fact do a cleanup of the register of voters" before publishing it.
He also alleged "a coordinated approach to register foreigners" as voters.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The People's Democratic Party, whose presidential candidate is Atiku Abubakar, is Nigeria's main opposition party.
A spokesman for the electoral commission did not respond to requests for a comment.
The electoral commission says 84 million people are registered to vote.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his top challenger, Abubakar, renewed a pledge for a peaceful poll on Wednesday.