2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections

• Final report, 25 Feb 2019
• Preliminary statement, 25 Feb 2019
• EOMs Joint statement on postponement of elections, 16 Feb 2019
• Arrival statement, 13 Feb 2019.

Related

• ECOWAS, AU and UN: Joint Statement, 23 Feb 2019.
• AU: Preliminary Statement, 25 Feb 2019.
• Commonwealth: Interim Statement, 23 Feb 2019.
• ECOWAS: Preliminary Statement, 25 Feb 2019.
• EU: Statement on 23 March Supplementary Governorship Elections, 25 Mar 2019  ·  Second Preliminary Statement, 11 Mar 2019  ·  Preliminary Statement, 25 Feb 2019.
• NDI & IRI Joint EOM: Preliminary Statement, 25 Feb 2019.

In the news

Richard Ogundiya 2019 "What International Monitoring Bodies Think of Nigeria's 2019 Presidential Election", 26 Feb, MoreBranches[www] https://www.morebranches.com/rick-famuyiwa-announced-to-direct-film-adaptation-of-tomi-adeyemis-children-of-blood-and-bone/ (accessed 5 Mar 2019).

PromptNewsOnline 2019 "Foreign Observers Worried over Incessant Electoral Violence in Nigeria, 26 Feb, [www] http://www.promptnewsonline.com/foreign-observers-worried-over-incessant-electoral-violence-in-nigeria/ (accesed 28 Feb 2019)

The Sun 2019 "2019 electoral violence worse than 2015 - EISA EOM", 26 Feb, [www] https://www.sunnewsonline.com/2019-electoral-violence-worse-than-2015-eisa-eom/ (accesed 28 Feb 2019)

Wale Odunsi 2019 "Nigeria elections: International observer group gives damning report", Daily Post, 25 Feb, [www] http://dailypost.ng/2019/02/25/nigeria-elections-international-observer-group-gives-damning-report/ (accesed 28 Feb 2019)

Queen Esther Iroanusi 2019 "AU, EU, other foreign observers speak on Saturday's elections", Premium Times, 25 Feb, [www] https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/316184-au-eu-other-foreign-observers-speak-on-saturdays-elections.html (accesed 28 Feb 2019)

Classic94.fm 2019 "EISA comments on Nigeria's elections", [www] http://www.classic94.fm/eisa-comments-nigerias-elections-26-02-2019 (accesed 28 Feb 2019)

Mark Itsibor 2019 "Ex Zambia President Commend Election Process In Abuja", Leadership, 23 Feb, [www] https://leadership.ng/2019/02/23/nigeriadecides2019-ex-zambia-president-commend-election-process-in-abuja/ (accessed 25 Fen 2019.

Daily Observer 2019 "Int'l Observer Groups, UN Appeal for Calm over Postponement of Votes in Nigeria", 21 Feb, [www] https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/intl-observer-groups-un-appeal-for-calm-over-postponement-of-votes-in-nigeria/ (accessed 25 Fen 2019.

John Owen Nwachukwu 2019 "Nigeria Decides: South Africa delegation arrives country", Daily Post, 15 Feb 2019, [www] http://dailypost.ng/2019/02/15/nigeria-decides-south-africa-delegation-arrives-country/ (accessed 18 Feb 2019).

Photographs

Right, top to bottom:

• EOM leader, former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, and his deputy Denis Kadima, EISA ED, meet with Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chair.
• EISA's EOM releases its Preliminary Statement at a press interview.
• President Banda conducts a press interview.
• EISA EOM and INEC members.
• EISA EOM and other heads of EOMs hold a joint press conference to issue a joint statement.

Below: EISA EOM member inspects voter queue management on election day.

Photographs

Above: An EISA EOM member swops notes with a Citizen Observer.

Right top: Polling station staff step up on Election Day.

Right: The Head of EISA EOM and his Deputy gather information from the Presiding Officer of a polling station.

Below: The EISA EOM team.

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