The controversy over the 1979 Presidential election result was
- over the dispute on the conduct of the election
- because educated Nigeria did not approve who received the number of votes
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due to the interpretation of 1/4 of the vote cast in 1/2 of all the states in the Federation
- because the winning candidate did not pay his taxes as and when in the past three years
- because one of the candidates was declared elected when the result for one of the state hd not been received