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Voters getting accredited at a polling centre near the Ojodu-Berger bust stop in Lagos. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

Friday Joseph, 32, says he's already seen a change in the country with the way the election process has been free and fair this year. Electricity is the biggest issue on his plate and he hopes the new government will resolve it. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

Aina Bamgbose, 53, last voted in 1993 for MKO Abiola but she decided to register this year because she feels there's a genuine change process taking place. "I like the Nigerian atmosphere and I think it is positioned for good because I lost my faith in the past", Bamgbose says. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

Cadmus Ibhafidon, 31, says he was afraid to come out and vote in 2007 but is much more confident of a free and fair poll this year. "Everywhere is calm, the president has promised us free and fair elections and we have seen the dividends of it all and I'm impressed with the process" says Ibhafidon. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

Annabel Nwador, 27, hopes that the future of her baby will be secure in a new Nigeria. She didn't vote in the national assembly elections because she didn't know any of the candidates. Today she hopes that the fair process from last weekend will ensure that her votes count and her voice is heard in a new Nigeria. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

A policeman keeps watch as a voter gets ink on her finger during accreditation for Nigeria's presidential elections on Saturday April 16. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

Voters pay keen attention as officials look through the register during Nigeria's presidential elections on April 16. Photo by Ololade Adewuyi

CPC vice presidential candidate Pastor Tunde Bakare after being accredited to vote at the Opebi Grammar School premises in Lagos. Photo by Folashade Adebayo

Kris Okotie, presidential candidate of the Fresh Democratic Party gets accredited at the Opebi Grammar School premises in Lagos. Photo by Folashade Adebayo

An eight year-old boy dressed as a policeman became the centre of attraction at the Kabala ward, Ungwar Rimi where VP Namadi Sambo voted on Saturday. Photo by Ayodeji Adeyemi

Vice President Namadi Sambo voting at the Kabala ward, Ungwar Rimi in Kaduna during Nigeria's presidential elections on April 16. Photo by Ayodeji Adeyemi