2007 Nigerian general election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Aftermath== Yar'Adua was inaugurated on 29 May 2007.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8C02AB7A-255C-4BA1-93BB-1A98A4925642.htm "Nigerian president sworn in"], Al Jazeera, 29 May 2007.</ref> In July 2008, the Labour Party governorship candidate in Ondo State, Dr [[Olusegun Mimiko]] was declared the lawful winner of the election by the [[Election Petition Tribunal]] thereby nullifying the election of PDP candidate, Dr [[Olusegun Agagu]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Olusegun Mimiko declared Ondo State's new executive governor |work=Naija Wire|access-date=2009-07-27|date=2008-07-26|url=http://www.naijawire.com/2008/07/26/olusegun-mimiko-declared-ondo-states-new-executive-governor/}}</ref> Buhari and Abubakar filed petitions to have the results of the presidential election invalidated due to alleged fraud, but on 26 February 2008 a court rejected the petitions. Buhari and Abubakar said that they would appeal to the Supreme Court.<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/918F682D-6062-4888-8C63-725F7D157A9C.htm "Court rules Nigeria poll was valid"], Al Jazeera, February 26, 2008.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page