The first general elections supervised by Nigerians themselves was the general elections of 1964 when Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa was the Prime-Minister. The general elections of 1979 was conducted during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo which ended 13 years of military rule. We were not to have another general election again until 1999 during the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Since then, we have had elections in 2003 during the regime of President Obasanjo who also successfully conducted the 2007 general elections. For me the most important election ever held in Nigeria was that of 1959 which was to prepare Nigeria for independence.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2019 03:22 UTC