A Nigerian soldier talks on the phone next to an army car in Aba, in a pro-Biafra separatists zone, southeastern Nigeria, on February 15, 2019 during a military patrol. - The southeastern Nigeria region, that has long complained it has been marginalised by successive governments and military regimes since the end of the civil war in 1970, has been largely calm in the run-up to the election, but there has been a noticeable increase in military and police checkpoints, AFP correspondents said. (Photo by CRISTINA ALDEHUELA / AFP)