nigeria: PDP Sweeps Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Kwara

Power shifted in many constituencies considered safe for incumbents as results of Saturday's National Assembly elections were declared. This was particularly striking in the South-West, where the Alliance for Democracy (AD) lost woefully to the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Before the election, pundits had given the South-West to the AD, merely expecting the PDP to scoop a few votes in parts of the zone. But results proved otherwise.