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2007 elections in Nigeria

Everything about the 2007 elections in Nigeria: candidates, results, key moments, incidents and what changed afterwards.

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The 2007 presidential election: Yar'Adua's victory and the election its winner said was flawed

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua won the first handover from one elected president to another, but observers called the polls the worst they had seen, and the new president agreed they needed fixing.

16 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Incidents during the 2007 elections

Recorded from reliable reporting, by place.

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Logistics & materials · 2007 Ballot papers reprinted days before the 2007 presidential vote After the Supreme Court ruled that Atiku Abubakar could contest, INEC hurriedly reprinted presidential ballots, which arrived late and without serial numbers. Nationwide · 16 Apr 2007 Ballot snatching · 2007 The 2007 elections: ballot boxes seized and at least 300 killed Gangs seized ballot boxes in several states, and Human Rights Watch reported at least 300 deaths around the 2007 elections, widely regarded as Nigeria's worst. Nationwide, notably Katsina, Rivers, Oyo and Gombe · 21 Apr 2007