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Briefing: Nigeria's 2007 general elections: Democracy in retreat

Nigeria's third general elections since the end of military rule in 1999 took place on two consecutive Saturdays in April 2007. State polls to elect members of Nigeria's 36 state Houses of Assembly and their Governors were held on 14 April. National elections for the Senate, House of Representatives, and President were held on the following weekend, 21 April. With President Olusegun Obasanjo stepping down after two terms, the elections were widely anticipated as a milestone, marking the first transfer from one civilian head of state to another since independence. At the time of writing it seem…