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Viewing cable 08ABUJA715, NIGERIA: PDP WINS FCT BY-ELECTIONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ABUJA715 2008-04-17 14:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXYZ0020
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHUJA #0715/01 1081418
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 171418Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2620
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHYD/AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE 0216
RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS 9094
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS ABUJA 000715 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/W, INR/AA 
DOE FOR GEORGE PERSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: PDP WINS FCT BY-ELECTIONS 
 
REF: ABUJA 686 
 
1.(SBU) Summary:  Fresh elections were held April 5 and 6 in 
the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the region's 
sole Senate seat and one of its two House of Representatives 
constituencies.  The Independent National Electoral 
Commission (INEC) announced that both races were won by the 
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a reversal of the 2007 
general election in which the All Nigerian Peoples Party 
(ANPP) took both seats.  Allegations of ballot theft on the 
eve of the election caused INEC to delay polling in Abuja 
town to from April 5 to April 6.  The delay may have 
contributed to the low turnout, which even according to 
INEC's own figures was less than 11%.  The FCT by-election, 
similar to that in Kogi one week earlier (reftel), was 
"business as usual" for INEC and the parties, demonstrating 
that high-level talk of reform has not yet had much impact on 
the conduct of elections in Nigeria.  End Summary. 
 
2. (U) The election tribunal in Abuja annulled the elections 
of FCT Senator Jubril Usman Wowo (ANPP) and Representive 
Nasir Mohammed (ANPP, Abuja/Bwari Federal Constituency) on 
September 29, 2007.  Both elections were overturned on 
grounds that candidates of other political parties had been 
unlawfully excluded from contesting the April 2007 general 
elections.  The tribunal decisions were upheld on appeal and 
fresh polls were ordered for April 5. 
 
3. (U) Election day got off to a bad start when an ANPP 
polling agent claimed to witness INEC officials secretly 
moving cartons of ballot papers out of an Abuja distribution 
center in the early hours of April 5.  Several opposition 
parties raised the alarm, claiming that up to 28,000 ballot 
papers were missing.  INEC officials denied the allegation, 
but they decided to postpone voting within the Abuja 
municipality by one day, to April 6, while they investigated. 
 INEC later reported that they spent  eight hours on April 5 
checking supplies and that all the materials were intact. 
However, one INEC official said it was difficult to confirm 
whether ballots were missing since they were not serial 
numbered. 
 
4. (U) The FCT is normally quiet on the weekend, but it was 
especially so on both April 5 and 6, and for a casual 
observer it was possible not to notice that an election was 
even taking place.  Political section locally engaged staff 
observed polling places in Kubwa and Gwarimpa, both large 
working class communities on the outskirts of Abuja, on April 
5.  In both areas, election materials were distributed on 
time and voting commenced peacefully at 9:00 am.  However, 
there seemed to be little public interest in voting.  Polling 
stations were generally quiet and observed turnout was less 
than 5%.  Some of the voters complained to embassy staff that 
voting was a waste of time, noting that "INEC staff and the 
government would declare candidates of their choice (as 
winners) at the end of the day."  By 4:00 pm, all observed 
stations had closed and finished counting their results. 
 
5. (U) After the conclusion of voting in Abuja town on April 
6, INEC declared Adamu Sidi Ali (PDP) the winner in the FCT 
Senate race with  46,736 votes, defeating Solomon Wowo (ANPP) 
with 28,118 votes.  In the House of Representatives race, 
INEC announced that the PDP candidate Phillip Aduda won with 
19,734 votes to ANPP candidate Nasiru Mohammed's 6,653 votes. 
 Voter turnout was low (11% for the Senate race, 6% for the 
House seat) even according to INEC's reported figures. 
Opposition parties, including the ANPP which lost both seats, 
complain that the election was marred by ballot box stuffing 
and voter intimidation by the ruling party. 
 
6. (SBU) Comment: Voter interest in the FCT by-election was 
low to begin with, but the one-day delay of polling within 
Abuja town probably also contributed to the low turnout.  It 
is disappointing that even in a low-turnout election in 
Nigeria's relatively orderly capital, INEC was still accused 
of giving ballots to the ruling party and was forced to delay 
voting in Abuja until Sunday.  Allegations of ballot theft, 
which are nearly impossible to verify due to lack of serial 
numbers, are especially troubling given the complete reversal 
of the general election results shifting both the Senate and 
House seats from the opposition ANPP to the ruling PDP.  It 
seems that the FCT by-election, similar to that in Kogi one 
week earlier (reftel), was "business as usual" for INEC, 
demonstrating that high-level talk of reform has not yet had 
much impact on the conduct of elections in Nigeria.  End 
Comment. 
SANDERS