Skip to main content
BBC NEWS / AFRICA
Graphics VersionBBC Sport Home
News Front Page | Africa | Americas | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Middle East | South Asia | UK | Business | Health | Science & Environment | Technology | Entertainment | Also in the news | Have Your Say |
Saturday, 21 April 2007, 20:01 GMT 21:01 UK

Nigerian voters' views: Polling day

Composite image showing L - R: armed policeman (AP), man with umbrella (AFP), polio-affected man (AP) and President Obasanjo (AFP)

Our panel of Nigerian voters share their voting experiences and describe how it was for them at the polls to elect a new president.

Abdulkadir Sani
Primary teacher, 32
Kano, biggest northern city

Sha'aya'u Aminu
Student, 23
Katsina, north-west region

Nurudeen Tiamiyu
Government parastatal, 37
Abuja, capital

Kate
Oil company engineer, 31
Lagos, commercial capital

Bayo Ashola
Communications, 25
Bauchi, north-east region

Donaman Atezan
Mathematics student, 25
Gboko, central region

Chukwuma Odelugo
Lawyer, 45
Enugu, south-east region

Dr Tarry Asoka
Health advisor, 45
Port Harcourt, Niger Delta

We asked our panel to relate their voting experiences on 21 April, the day that Africa's most populous nation went to the polls to choose a new leader.

Read their experiences and then click on the link below to respond to their comments and have your say.

Did you vote in Nigerian polls?


The readers' panel has been selected from as wide a cross-section as possible and may not be representative of wider public opinion.




E-mail this to a friend

RELATED INTERNET LINKS
Nigerian government
Inec
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites



SEARCH BBC NEWS: 

News Front Page | Africa | Americas | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Middle East | South Asia | UK | Business | Health | Science & Environment | Technology | Entertainment | Also in the news | Have Your Say |

NewsWatch | Notes | Contact us | About BBC News | Profiles | History

^ Back to top | BBC Sport Home | BBC Homepage | Contact us | Help | ©