What happened when Obasanjo, Buhari and Ojukwu battled for Nigeria's top seat?
Four years after a direct contest between two candidates for Nigeria's biggest political prize, the 2003 presidential election attracted a total of 20 candidates but only three of them fought for the bulk of the votes.
In his pursuit of a second term as president, Olusegun Obasanjo won the ticket of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) again.
Olusegun Obasanjo was Nigeria's president between 1999 and 2007
After a chaotic reign as a military ruler in the 1980s, Muhammadu Buhari made his first crack at becoming a democratic president, as the flagbearer of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP).
Ojukwu — 281,114 (27.7%)
Jigawa
Buhari — 885,505 (80.4%)
Obasanjo — 202,502 (18.4%)
Ojukwu — 2,136 (0.2%)
Kaduna
Buhari — 870,454 (45.4%)
Obasanjo — 1,025,347 (53.4%)
Ojukwu — 7,800 (0.4%)
Kano
Buhari — 1,628,085 (74.9%)
Obasanjo — 492,755 (22.7%)
Ojukwu — 10,229 (0.5%)
Kastina
Buhari — 1,259,789 (76.2%)
Obasanjo — 380,914 (23%)
Ojukwu — 2,928 (0.2%)
Kebbi
Buhari — 529,512 (65%)
Obasanjo — 272,564 (33.4%)
Ojukwu — 3,888 (0.5%)
Kogi
Buhari — 314,494 (36.4%)
Obasanjo — 528,778 (61.2%)
Ojukwu — 2,275 (0.3%)
Kwara
Buhari — 170,325 (29.6%)
Obasanjo — 390,800 (68%)
Ojukwu — 2,293 (0.4%)
Lagos
Buhari — 116,510 (7.1%)
Obasanjo — 1,129,521 (69.3%)
Ojukwu — 134,764 (8.3%)
Nasarawa
Buhari — 244,005 (33.5%)
Obasanjo — 470,936 (64.6%)
Ojukwu — 1,488 (0.2%)
Niger
Buhari — 390,103 (39.7%)
Obasanjo — 486,621(49.5%)
Ojukwu — 11,849 (1.2%)
Ogun
Buhari — 680 (0.1%)
Obasanjo — 1,360,170 (99.9%)
Ojukwu — 27 (0%)
Ondo
Buhari — 31,994 (3.6%)
Obasanjo — 840,988 (94.6%)
Ojukwu — 4,180 (0.5%)
Osun
Buhari — 14,369 (2.3%)
Obasanjo — 582,089 (95.2%)
Ojukwu — 1,424 (0.2%)
Oyo
Buhari — 25,112 (2.8%)
Obasanjo — 828,725 (93.9%)
Ojukwu — 4,519 (0.5%)
Plateau
Buhari — 324,566 (30.9%)
Obasanjo — 706,432 (67.3%)
Ojukwu — 6,362 (0.6%)
Rivers
Buhari — 42,346 (2%)
Obasanjo — 2,003,521 (92.7%)
Ojukwu — 5,964 (0.3%)
Sokoto
Buhari — 681,153 (73.3%)
Obasanjo — 232,258 (25%)
Ojukwu — 6,869 (0.7%)
Taraba
Buhari — 198,023 (21.9%)
Obasanjo — 694,527 (76.6%)
Ojukwu — 1,179 (0.1%)
Yobe
Buhari — 383,583 (64%)
Obasanjo — 206,984 (34.5%)
Ojukwu — 3,522 (0.6%)
Zamfara
Buhari — 843,159 (80%)
Obasanjo — 200,702 (19%)
Ojukwu — 4,590 (0.4%)
Total
Buhari — 12,710,022 (32.2%)
Obasanjo — 24,456,140 (61.9%) — Winner
Ojukwu — 1,297,445 (3.3%)