27 incidents on record
What went wrong, and where.
Incidents during Nigerian elections since 1999: violence, ballot snatching, vote buying, missing materials, technology failures and court rulings. Each entry says where it happened and links to the reporting it is based on.
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Court & tribunal
· 2020
Bayelsa governor-elect disqualified a day before swearing-in
The Supreme Court ruled that David Lyon's running mate submitted false certificates, and handed the governorship to the PDP's Douye Diri.
Bayelsa State · 13 Feb 2020
Violence
· 2019
Bayelsa 2019 governorship election violence
Observers recorded killings, gunfire and ballot snatching around the November 2019 Bayelsa governorship election, won by the APC's David Lyon.
Bayelsa State · 16 Nov 2019
Technology (card readers, BVAS, IReV)
· 2015
President Jonathan cannot be accredited by a card reader
Smart card readers failed to verify voters in many areas, including the President's own polling unit in Otuoke, and INEC allowed manual accreditation.
Otuoke, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State · 28 Mar 2015
This archive records what reliable media, observer groups and courts reported. Inclusion is not a finding of guilt against any person or party. Corrections: solitech@elect.ng