JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS JOURNAL OF JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS Special Issue: Nigeria’s 2007 General Elections Vol 6 No 2 Oct 2007 Vol Volume 6 Number 2 October 2007 VOLUME 6 NO 1 1 Journal of African Elections Special Issue: Nigeria’s 2007 General Elections GUEST EDITOR Emmanuel O Ojo ARTICLES BY Emmanuel O Ojo E Remi Aiyede Isaac Olawale Albert Uno Ijim-Agbor Said Adejumo and Michael Kehinde N Olufemi Mimiko J Shola Omotola Osisioma B C Nwolise N D Danjibo and Abubakar Oladeji P F Adebayo and J Shola Omotola Peter Vale Volume 6 Number 2 October 2007 1 2 JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ELECTIONS Published by EISA 14 Park Road, Richmond Johannesburg South Africa P O Box 740 Auckland Park 2006 South Africa Tel: +27 011 482 5495 Fax: +27 011 482 6163 e-mail:
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