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Official results from each region are not expected until Tuesday with a nationwide announcement by Friday

Mahama was president from 2012 to 2016, when he lost a re-election bid to President Nana Akufo-Addo

Sall took over as president in 2012 after beating his former mentor Abdoulaye Wade

Civil society groups say as many as 35 people were killed in election violence

Some 6.7 million people from a population of around 16 million are registered to vote.

According to civil society, “16 deaths have been recorded across 8 states”.

Police fired teargas to block a protest march on the presidential palace, prompting demonstrators to respond with stone-throwing.

At 9:28 AM, leading opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar cast his vote at a polling station in Yola. He is the main rival to incumbent.

Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari votes in Daura.

Running for a second term, he will be neck and neck with Atiku Abubakar, a former vice-president and candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

More than 80,000 vehicles and nearly 1,000 boats were hired to transport ballot papers