The government of Nigeria sent five spectators led by Kaire Mbuende to Zimbabwe on this day in 2002 in order to observe the presidential elections. The team was set to stay in Zimbabwe until the following month.
The Commonwealth of Nations deployed forty-two observers together with nineteen staff members to monitor the presidential elections on this day in 2002. The team was led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria. They were to stay up to the 14th of March.