The 2003 Nigerian presidential election was reported to be marred by some irregularities and resulted in Olusegun Obasanjo being elected president. Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo (born March 5, 1937) (GCFR;[1] transliterated: ) is a retired Nigerian Army General and President of Nigeria. ... The President of Nigeria is both head of government and head of state of Nigeria. ...

Background

New elections were organized for the first time for 15 years in Nigeria by a civilian government. Olusegun Obasanjo was a civilian president since 1999, after hanging up his uniform. Although he and his party were the clear favorites, he was accused of manipulating the ballot. Matthew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo (born March 5, 1937) (GCFR;[1] transliterated: ) is a retired Nigerian Army General and President of Nigeria. ...

Electoral fraud

Millions of people voted several times. The police in Lagos uncovered an electoral fraud, finding five million false ballots. This article is about the city in Nigeria. ...

International observers, including the European Union, determined various irregularities in 11 of the 36 Federal States. Thus in many cases votes were pre-filled or results were later amended. In some states those did not fulfill minimum standard for democratic elections. Nigeria is currently divided into 36 states and one federal capital territory. ...

Nearly all opposition parties refused to recognize the result. The electoral committee noted for example that in the city Warri in the Niger delta of 135,739 voters, 133,529 voted for the parliamentary election. Observers reported, however, that up to the Saturday afternoon no elections and only some polling stations had opened. Also the counting time very long compared with other countries pointed according to observers on possible electoral fraud. Warri can mean: A city in Nigeria. ... The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. ... Electoral fraud is illegal interference with the process of an election. ...

The percent of votes reported were:

• Olusegun Obasanjo 61.9%
• Muhammadu Buhari 31.2%
• Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwe 3.3%
• other 3.6%.[1]