2007 Nigerian general election

===Observers===
Following the presidential election, groups monitoring the election gave it a dismal assessment.
Chief [[European Union]] observer [[Max van den Berg]] reported that the handling of the polls had "fallen far short" of basic international standards, and that "the process cannot be considered to be credible",<ref name='SMH April 24'>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nigeria-election-worst-ever-seen/2007/04/24/1177180600209.html "Nigeria election 'worst ever seen'"], SMH News, 24 April 2007.</ref> citing "poor election organisation, lack of transparency, significant evidence of fraud, voter disenfranchisement, violence and bias."<ref name='Reuters, Tom Ashby Apr 24'/> They described the election as "the worst they had ever seen anywhere in the world", with "rampant vote rigging, violence, theft of ballot boxes and intimidation".<ref name=CNN>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/03/nigeria.election/index.html?eref=ft Nigerian election pushed back a week], ''[[CNN]]'', 2011-04-03</ref> One group of observers said that at one polling station in [[Yenagoa]], in the oil-rich south, where 500 people were registered to vote, more than 2,000 votes were counted.<ref name=Cancel/>

[[Felix Alaba Job]], head of the Catholic Bishops Conference, cited massive fraud and disorganisation, including result sheets being passed around to politicians who simply filled in numbers as they chose while bribed returning electoral officers looked away.<ref>[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070425135926563C630851 "Nigeria's church speaks out"], AFP (''IOL''), 25 April 2007.</ref>