The controversy over the 1979 Presidential election result was

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