Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) march through the Teslim Balogun Stadium during their final campaign rally in Lagos on February 21, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Supporters of the All Progressive Congress (APC) sing and dance inside the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





The bus of Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) arrives at the Teslim Balogun Stadium during their final campaign rally in Lagos on February 21, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





Members of the Nigerian Army Military Police detain with violence a man suspected of smoking illegal substances during a rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on February 21, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





Security carry away victims injured during fighting between al-Shabab extremists and soldiers in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Security forces in Somalia have ended a siege by al-Shabab extremists that killed and wounded a number of people at a home in the capital, Mogadishu. (Photo by Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Photo)





A man walks across rafts of wood to be used for timber in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, February 23, 2023. On Feb. 25, voters will choose among 18 candidates in a first-round vote to succeed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, but despite being Africa's largest economy and and one of its top oil producers, Nigeria is in economic crisis. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)





Customers who had waited for many hours stand outside a bank in the slim hope of being able to withdraw some cash, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, February 23, 2023. Voters will elect a new leader Saturday after President Muhammadu Buhari's final term ends, with 18 candidates vying to lead a country facing a series of struggles – the newest and most pressing being a shortage of cash. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a campaign billboard of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party on the street in Yola, Nigeria Thursday, February 23, 2023. On Feb. 25, voters will choose among 18 candidates in a first-round vote to succeed incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, but despite being Africa's largest economy and and one of its top oil producers, Nigeria is in economic crisis. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Students of government girls secondary Yola, ride home following the closures of schools by government before the elections in Yola, Nigeria Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Electoral campaign posters are seen in Numan road, ahead of Nigeria's Presidential elections, in Yola, Nigeria on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)





Members of the congregation sing and chant during a church service in which they prayed for the country ahead of elections and against the forces of evil, at the Celestial Church of Christ Olowu Cathedral on Lagos Island in Nigeria Friday, February 24, 2023. Nigerian voters are heading to the polls Saturday to select a new president following the second and final term of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. (Photo by Ben Curtis/AP Photo)





Burkinabe actress Maimouna Ndiaye poses for a photo after an interview in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. “We only have FESPACO left to prevent us from thinking about what's going on”, said Ndiaye, who has four submissions in this year's competition. “This is the event that must not be cancelled no matter the situation”. (Photo by Sophie Garcia/AP Photo)





Motorcycles are parked in front of the headquarters of the FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday, February 24, 2023. Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso's capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance. (Photo by Sophie Garcia/AP Photo)





The general director of the FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival), Alex Moussa Sawadogo, poses for a picture in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday, February 22, 2023. (Photo by Sophie Garcia/AP Photo)





A voter looks on as another gets her information checked in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official at a polling station in Agege, Lagos, on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





An anti riot Police officer stands meters away from ballot boxes used during the presidential elections at the state headquarters of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yola on February 26, 2023 the day after Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP Photo)





People watch as ballot papers are counted at a polling station in Alimosho, Lagos, on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria's presidential and general election. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





People walk past posters of Presidential candidate Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Nigeria Monday, February 27, 2023. Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria's hotly contested presidential election claimed they were on the path to victory Monday, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa's most populous nation went to the polls. (Photo by Sunday Alamba/AP Photo)





Soldiers from the Nigerian Armed Forces take position and secure the streets in Lagos Island, Lagos, on February 27, 2023, after hoodlums had harassed market owners. Nigeria slowly counted more results on Monday after a tight election for the presidency of Africa's most populous nation as delays and accusations of manipulation fuelled tensions Nearly 90 million were eligible to vote on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, with many hoping for a new leader to tackle insecurity, economic malaise and widening poverty. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)





A competitor runs close to a group of camels during of the XXIII edition of the Sahara Marathon, in Tindouf, Algeria on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)