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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Result irregularities
· 2023
Pre-filled result sheets in the Kogi 2023 governorship election
INEC suspended the election in Ogori/Magongo after its officials found result sheets that had already been filled in before voting ended.
Ogori/Magongo LGA, Kogi State · 11 Nov 2023
Violence
· 2019
Salome Abuh burned alive in her home during the Kogi election
Salome Abuh, a PDP women's leader, was killed when suspected political thugs set fire to her home a day after the November 2019 Kogi governorship election.
Wada Aro, Ochadamu, Ofu LGA, Kogi State · 18 Nov 2019
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