On election day, Maryam Adetona arrived at her polling unit in Ilorin in North-Central Nigeria at around 10 am, while officials were still setting up. Across town, Akinwale Philip arrived at his polling booth at 9 am. In Owerri, in the southeast of the country, Chisom Nnachi got to his polling unit at around 8 am, and had to wait four hours before officials turned up. In Abeokuta, southwest, Adebayo Ayomide got held up, and made it to his unit only at around 11 am. All four are in their twenties, and were voting for the first time in the country’s presidential and senatorial elections, held on February 25,
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