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Mon 04 Apr 2007Nigeria's ruling party denies poll was riggedNIGERIA:The Nigerian government has accused opposition politicians and election monitors of trying to foment a coup by demanding a rerun of the weekend's tarnished presidential election.As a trickle of early results put the ruling People's Democratic party in the lead, opposition parties called for the election to be annulled because of ballot rigging and chaotic organisation. They said they would call street demonstrations and launch a legal challenge if, as expected, the PDP candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, was declared the winner today.