counting at the end of the day.
Whether this delay is deliberate or merely a logistics problem from INEC, it leaves a lot to be desired.
The central message on blogs after the 14 April 2007 elections was the pronouncement by the Supreme Court of Nigeria
that the then vice-president would be contesting the 21 April 2007 Presidential Election as a bonafide candidate,
contrary to the expectation of the incumbent president. It was a sort of indictment on the executive excesses of President
Obasanjo and for the first time since the commencement of the electoral process, the certainty of the Presidential
Election taking place as scheduled became seriously doubtful. The other blogs in this category, discussed the results and
bloggers who acted as 'foot soldiers' on 14 April, documented their experiences and accounts of the elections. Consider
the accounts of the Purpose Driven Blog (17 April 2007):
Elections started around 10 a.m but I was ready to go a-voting by 12 noon. I went to the voting poll centre
(oh nothing grand, more like under a tree as you can see in the photos!) with my aunt and a friend and the
queue was so long! It was as if everyone decided they would come out to vote by 12. We were actually at
the tail end of the queue. After standing on the same spot on the queue for 5 mins I began to wonder if
voting was really worth my time. Lol...I really wasn't willing to stand on that motionless queue forever.
My aunt and friend concurred with me so we decided to go back home not before reserving our space on
the queue. We asked/begged/pleaded with some guy we knew on the queue to save our spaces. (I am not
sure why but I felt I would be sinning if I didn't vote hehehe).
Oh yes, I voted for Jimi Agbaje ("Do you want same of the same Or Jimi Agbaje") ...
But really were the election results really fair and free like they claim? I wonder what will happen next
week as per presidential elections and results.
Moreover, other bloggers provided insightful comments and overview of the first leg of the elections with specific
reference to the roles bloggers played in the exercise. A blogger, David Ajao, reviewed the activities of fellow bloggers
in his blog on 20 April 2007 as follows:
It’s election time in Africa’s most populous country - Nigeria. Nigerian bloggers have been blogging their
sentiments and observations of the election. This round-up gives a brief overview of election reports and
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