[1][2] However it was later postponed to 4 April on the originally scheduled day of the election itself[3] as voters turned up in the morning to see ballots had not yet arrived.

[6] The people living in the oil-producing Niger Delta sought political representation that would be strong enough to be able to deal with a cleanup of the polluted parts of their region.

[7] In Kano State, traditional voting along sectarian lines was seen to change in favour of cross-voting for candidates who seemed most capable of delivering on promises of alleviating poverty.

The police said that the attack occurred just after the state governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu made an address and left.

[10] The day before the election a bomb went off by the National Electoral Commission offices in Suleja outside the capital Abuja killing at least eight people.

High-profile losses included the PDP's Dimeji Bankole, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and former president Olusegun Obasanjo's daughter in the Senate.