Corroboration of state assembly and gubernatorial election results for Lagos State, December 1991 [NGA11854]

Please find attached a number of documents that provide information on the results of the state assembly and gubernatorial elections of December 1991.

As per the information provided in your request form, the information on the election results for Lagos State provided by Africa Confidential in its 20 December 1991 issue are corroborated by the Africa Research Bulletin issue of December 1991 (mistakenly labelled November 1991 in the photocopied page) and the articles of West Africa attached to this Response. Africa Confidential did not publish a correction notice on the subject in subsequent issues. Also indicated in some of the attached articles is that Chief Dapo Sarumi was disqualified from participating in the referred gubernatorial elections.

Attachments

Africa Confidential [London]. 20 December 1991. Vol. 32, No. 25. "The Election Results." Miramoor Publications Ltd.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. 1-31 December 1991. Vol. 28, No. 12. "Peaceful Elections."

. 1-30 November 1991. Vol. 28, No. 11. "Post-Primary Imbroglio."

Radio Nigeria Network [Lagos, in English]. 15 December 1991. "Elections Generally Peaceful." (FBIS-AFR-91-243 18 Dec. 1991, 23-24)

. 17 December 1991. "More Gubernatorial Election Results." (FBIS-AFR-91-243 18 Dec. 1991, 24-25)

. 26 November 1991. "NEC Chairman's Address on Party Primaries." (FBIS-AFR-91-233, 22-24.

West Africa [London]. 23 December 1991 - 5 January 1992. Olugbenga Ayeni. "The New Rulers," pp. 2150-2151.

. 9 - 15 December 1991. Olugbenega Ayeni. "Politics of Bitterness," pp. 2046-2047.

. 2 - 8 December 1991. "NEC Cancels Primaries," p. 2019.

. 25 November - 1 December 1991. "Deadline Extended," pp. 1974-1975.