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Nigerian general election, 2007
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The Nigerian general elections of 2007 will be held on April 14 and April 21, 2007.[1] Governorship and state assembly elections will be held on April 14. The presidential and national assembly elections will be held a week later on April 21.
Presidential candidates were announced in late December 2006.[2] Umaru Yar'Adua will contest the election for the ruling People's Democratic Party, and the opposition All Nigeria Peoples Party has chosen Muhammadu Buhari.[3] Atiku Abubakar, the current Vice-President, announced on 25 November 2006 that he would contest the election for the Action Congress.[4][5]
However, the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) declared Abubakar ineligible to run due to fraud charges. A High Court had ruled that the commission could not disqualify candidates, but Inec claimed that the constitution barred candidates from running if indicted. Another superior court, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Electoral Commission that it has powers to disqualify candidates.Abubakar will attempt to get on the ballot via court challenge, and further challenges to the legitimacy of the election are likely.[6]
Adebayo Adefarati, the candidate of the small Alliance for Democracy, died shortly before the election on 29 March 2007. This raised the possibility of the election being delayed, as the law provides for a delay under the circumstances if requested by the party that had nominated the candidate; however, a spokesman for Inec said that the election would not be delayed.[7] He said that the party could nominate a replacement candidate.[8]
If successfully completed, the 2007 presidential election will mark Nigeria's first peaceful handover from one democratically elected president at the end of his constitutional term to the next.[9] The most recent failed election was the 1993 election of M. K. O. Abiola, which was annulled by Ibrahim Babangida, the military dictator ruling at the time. General Sani Abacha eventually seized power, and when Abiola tried to claim his presidency, he was imprisoned until his questionable death in 1998.[10]
The winner of the presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on May 29, 2007.[1]
- ^ a b Ola Awoniyi: "Nigeria sets date for elections," Mail & Guardian. August 29, 2006. [1]
- ^ "Nigeria party picks its candidate," BBC News. December 17, 2006. [2]
- ^ "The candidates to be Nigeria's leader," BBC News. December 22, 2006. [3]
- ^ "Nigeria VP to run for president," BBC News. November 25, 2006. [4]
- ^ "Nigerian ruling party expels VP, seeks replacement," Reuters South Africa. December 22, 2006. [5]
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200703150718.html
- ^ "Nigerian presidential candidate from small party dies", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), March 29, 2007.
- ^ "Nigeria death fails to halt poll", BBC News, March 29, 2007.
- ^ "Nigeria's dangerous elections", The Economist. October 21, 2006.
- ^ Chido Nwangwu: "M.K.O Abiola's sudden death draws anger, disbelief," USAfricaonline.com. [6]
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