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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Vote buying
· 2024
Ondo 2024: vote buying and the lowest turnout since 1999
Civil society groups reported widespread vote buying in the 2024 Ondo governorship election, which also recorded the state's lowest turnout since 1999.
Ondo State · 16 Nov 2024
Result irregularities
· 2024
Edo 2024: disputed collation of the governorship result
Observers raised concerns that some collated results in the 2024 Edo governorship election did not match the polling unit sheets on IReV.
Edo State · 21 Sep 2024
Court & tribunal
· 2024
Supreme Court restores Kano governor Abba Kabir Yusuf
After the tribunal and the Court of Appeal removed him, the Supreme Court restored the election of NNPP governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Kano State · 12 Jan 2024
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