Imo has voted out a sitting governor, elected an APGA governor, and in January 2020 saw the Supreme Court remove Emeka Ihedioha and install Hope Uzodimma, who had finished fourth. Every governorship result since 1999.
Zamfara introduced sharia criminal law, saw the Supreme Court hand every 2019 seat to the party that came second, and has voted out two sitting governors. In 2027 Governor Dauda Lawal runs on the APC ticket.
Since 1999, judges have removed governors, installed candidates who never appeared on the ballot and handed whole states to another party. These are the rulings that mattered most.
Bola Tinubu won with 36.6% in the most competitive presidential race since 1999. Peter Obi's rise, a cash crunch and INEC's failure to upload results in real time shaped the vote.
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.
