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Nigeria ex-military leader for first time admits regret over cancelled poll

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Gen Ibrahim Babangida has expressed deep regret for the first time for annulling the results of the 1993 presidential election.

The cancellation of the outcome threw the country into turmoil.

Moshood Abiola, widely believed to have won the election, was later imprisoned and assassinated.

The date of the vote 12 June - is now remembered in Nigeria as Democracy Day.