Major parties see the polls as an indicator of their chances in the April 21 election of a successor to President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is ending his second four-year term.

• 各大政党视这次选举为4月21日选出奥巴山约总统继任人选的胜选指标，奥巴山约第二个四年任期即将结束。