Lagos--Results were expected to be announced from Sunday in Nigeria's state governorship and local assembly polls, after voting wrapped up across the country.
A total of 29 governorship and deputy governorship positions from Nigeria's 36 states are up for grabs and seats in all of the states' legislatures.
Governors are influential figures in Africa's most populous nation, with near-total control of their states and collective power at a national level to bolster or check the presidency.
The main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking to build on its current control of 14 states after its candidate Muhammadu Buhari took the presidential race two weeks ago.
President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling Peoples Democratic Party currently controls 21 states.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said it was broadly satisfied with the process, despite pockets of violence, vote-rigging claims and logistical problems.
"Things have gone very well. Our polling units opened mostly on time. The card readers (to authenticate biometric voter identity cards) worked well," INEC spokesman Kayode Idowu told AFP.
Key states to watch in the governorship battle include megacity Lagos and the surrounding state of the same name, which has been in opposition control since the return to civilian rule in 1999.
PDP candidate Jimi Agbaje has mounted a strong campaign against the APC's Akinwunmi Ambode, who is hoping to succeed governor Babatunde Fashola at the helm of Nigeria's financial hub.
Fashola steps down after a maximum two, four-year terms during which he has strived to improve Lagos' infrastructure and appeal as an investment centre but faced criticism over slum clearance.
AFP
