The leading opposition party in Nigeria—the NAPP, knew winning the forthcoming 2007 elections was going to be an uphill task. For one, defeating an incumbent President had never happened since the country gained independence from the British colonial masters over forty years ago. The party, alongside a few others that had not sold out to the ruling party, resolved to leave no stone unturned in ensuring victory for the party’s Presidential flag bearer— Alhaji Ahmadu Ciroma, as well as others contesting at the state, National Assembly and local government levels. They soon entered a merger which saw the formation of a new, bigger party they hoped would defeat the ruling party.