Information on the names of officials and the returning officer for the Badagri district of Lagos, and whether there were irregularities linked to the 1991 elections in that district is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa. However, it might be of interest to note that the Lagos State election for governor was won by Sir M. Otedola of the National Republican Convention (NRC) (West Africa 23 Dec. 1991-5 Jan. 1992, 2150). The state assembly election was won by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with 26 seats, while the NRC won only four seats (Ibid.).

Reporting on the elections from Lagos, Radio Nigeria said information received from the states indicated the elections were generally peaceful (15 Dec. 1991). A reporter touring some of the polling stations in the city of Lagos said "voters comported themselves in an orderly manner" (Ibid.). According to the same source there were complaints in Bauchi State about difficulties in tracing some voters' names at the polling stations. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) supervised the elections (West Africa 23 Dec. 1991-5 Jan. 1992, 2150). The NEC is reported to have done well, and its success was attributed to the support it got from the military government (Ibid.). Europa 1992, however, reported that the SDP disputed the election results in 10 states, while the NRC disputed the elections in eight states on the grounds of electoral malpractice (1992, 2077). Election results in the states of Edo, Jigawa and Abia were initially annulled, but the elections in Edo and Jigawa were upheld on appeal (Ibid.).

Additional and/or corroborative information on the requested subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.

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