Nigeria’s ruling party has won delayed governorship elections in two northern states where hundreds died in rioting after a vote two weeks ago. The state governorship races are the last stage of a month-long election process deemed by observers and many Nigerians to have been the fairest in decades, despite some of the country’s worst political violence for years. Goodluck Jonathan won an April 16 presidential vote a week after his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost a chunk of its large majority in the national assembly, in elections that were set back seven days by logistical glitches.
