While analysts said it is not clear whether delays and vote discrepancies could have altered the election outcome, they said that such problems undermined the confidence of voters in Africas largest democracy. in Lagos Nigerias biggest city a few hours after the election result was announced, James Adah, a 38-year-old network engineer, said he had been waiting to withdraw cash for five hours. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. In the week leading up to the election, many voters in the largest city, Lagos, said they didnt have the cash needed to travel to their home states to vote or had lost the desire because of how hard life has become in recent weeks. Many were already deeply frustrated with their government after years of spiraling economic and security crises. There are well-established mechanisms in place for the adjudication of electoral disputes, and we encourage any candidate or party seeking to challenge the outcome to pursue redress through those mechanisms. This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian Issued on: 26/02/2023 - 07:40. Some 63% of polling units in the south-west and 42% of polling units in the north-west, known APC strongholds, had started voting at that time. How Nigerians voted in the 2007 presidential election, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua won the controversial 2007 presidential election with record numbers, Samson Toromade is a News Editor at Pulse with focus on all things good, bad, and ugly about Nigerian affairs. "function"===typeof document.currentScript.getAttribute?document.currentScript:null}var G=function(){return"function"===typeof Array.isArray?function(a){return Array.isArray(a)}:function(a){return"[object Array]"===Object.prototype.toString.call(a)}}(),y=function(){function a(a,b){var c=a.split("/");2>c.length?d(5,a):(c.pop(),b(c.join("/")))}function b(a,b){var c=a.split("/"),n=b.split("/");if(0 10s");g()},1E4)});"complete"===document.readyState&&(v(48,"isComplete"),g());"loaded"===document.readyState&&(v(48,"isLoaded"),k());l(document,"DOMContentLoaded",function(){v(48,"DOMContentLoaded");k();l(document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0],"pageshow",function(){v(48,"body pageshow");g()})});l(document,"readystatechange",function(){var a= (h.push(a),b()):d(21)},isExec:function(){return m}}}function D(){return document.currentScript&& The 2007 presidential election was so corrupt even the winner admitted it was flawed. A total of 18 candidates vied to become the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The total number of votes won by YarAdua also remains the highest ever scored by any candidate. Ruth Maclean reported from Nigerias capital, Abuja, and Elian Peltier from its largest city, Lagos. Such sentiments were echoed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec). MONTAGNE: NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports. NAME: Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 37% of the vote, official results show. Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Lagos, Nigerias most populous state. Instead of choosing a running mate from one of the Christian minorities in the north that would have ticked the boxes in the deft balancing act usually needed in Nigeria, he picked a northern Muslim. Yet the old adage that 12 months is a long time in politics proved true - and the 70-year-old former Lagos governor, aided by his party machinery, eased to victory. Also, the campaign against APCs Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidency was seen by many as evil, inconsiderate and insensitive, and led to what some members of the ruling party described as protest votes against the ticket. Election observers from the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) said the election fell well short of Nigerian citizens legitimate and reasonable expectations.. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But he did serve as vice-president between 1999 and 2007, overseeing a program of economic reforms. LAGOS, Nigeria Former Lagos governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won Nigerias presidential election, officials said early Wednesday, marking a victory for the ruling party despite the unpopularity of its outgoing president, Muhammadu Buhari. He has the support of many young people, who make up a third of registered voters. This allowed Mr Abubakar, its major financier and a Muslim former vice-president from the north-east, to run once more. e){for(;0